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Right click on the file, select properties, check bottom of general tab for a sentence that looks like "This file came from another computer........". If there, click on unblock. I…

Hi, I am trying to get the MTP Feature running, but Freefilesync doesn't see my MTP Device. My device pops up in Android File Transfer app when I plug it in. But thats it. Any hint…

If it is the same as the Windows Backup Operator Mode I do not know, but when run in Windows FreeFileSync supports [URL].

Hello, Thanks for creating such a useful app! It has huge potential for me, except one (hopefully tiny) problem: I set up a simple single directory, 10 file test directory and try …

Hi, This is how I have managed to exclude the synchronization of some folders from My Documents folder:

I feel this the no 1 best file sync software, I tested lot of realtime filesync software thoroughly, this one is the better than other. Though, I have found a bug while handling su…

Yes it is a Mirror update left to right.

Hi Plerry, Many thanks for the reply. I have tested this and got it working and also ensured the Versioning folder was excluded (although the Versioning is actually being stored on…

The "problem" is your versioning location is inside/part of your backup location. This gives strange/undesired results if the Versioning location is not excluded via a filter, espe…

FFS uses wxSYS_COLOUR_INFOTEXT and wxSYS_COLOUR_INFOBK for text and background color. If this doesn't give a readable color pair, then it's a wxWidgets bug: [URL]

How does one Clear the drop down Folder Lists? Where are those lists stored; what file can I delete? Thank You in Advance John Fred

Hi, This will help you on your way [URL] If you can't see the button try the menu "Tools" -> "Reset layout" hope that helps.

[URL] you forgot to discuss the parameters on the right column: Time Span File Size (Minimum/Maximum) I was particularly interested in clarifying Time Span inputs. I would like to …

I had the same problem. If you buy the donation version and do an auto update from the help menu it works fine. Norton sees the other setup file as one that contains adware and del…

Thank you. So I actually overlooked it. I didn't assumed the source code to be in the download section. Have a nice day

How does one Clear the drop down Folder Lists? Where is that stored; what file can I delete? Thank You in Advance John Fred

Hi, i'm using FreeFileSync for a while now and it always worked great, but now i'm getting the following error: [Attachment] File comparison works fine, but after that i'm not able…

%year%%month% should work: [URL]

I am also getting a hanging issue just with some folders synching to a NAS - seagate personal cloud from an attached seagate external usb drive, and it disconnects the NAS at same …

I recommend using vpn (this website will be helpful bestvpnrating.com) which also secures transferring. Plus, I advise you to archive the folders before transferring (zip would be …

Hi there. Using latest FreeFileSync (8.10) with windows 10. When I open the application with right click --> Run as administrator, I have no issues. But when I try to open the batc…

I was able to get a Sync between the unc network path and the local path using both FFS and RTS. There is a sync.ffs.db file in both the unc network path & the local path as well a…

Hello, I got my donated versions of FreeFileSynic and I can't understand two things. How to set up RTS on Windows 10 Startup and how to set Schedule. I've read manual many times bu…

Hi, I've scanned through the forum index for any posts regarding Error Code 19 without success. I'm using FreeFileSync 6.13 Build Jan 22 2015 - Unicode x64 running on Windows 10. I…

@Zenju, I see that FFS 8.10 has been released and the changelog indicates this issue has been fixed. Thank you for your work!

@Zenju, I see that FFS 8.10 has been released and the changelog indicates this issue has been fixed. Thank you for your work!

Further updates to this FFS error behaviour (in case some developer is interested in this error?): - strange thing is that during the first execution FFS manages to move some of th…

Furthermore, alien creates a .deb package from the tar.gz for Debian but that .deb does not install on linux mint.

Hello, Just joined the form and have a question already. Was looking for a Linux replacement for Toysync. I just downloaded FreeFileSync_8.10_Ubuntu_16.10_64-bit.tar.gz I extracted…

Great, that's what I expected Thanks again

I'm having the same problem, but the new version Zenju posted has expired on MediaFire. Anyway I can get it?

SFTP is implemented using a newer version of the Windows API that requires Vista or later.

[Quote] It is categorized as a conflict, but one that will be automatically resolved by getting a sync direction assigned in "two-way" and "mirror" variants.

I am amongst those that have been using FFS on a daily basis for many years now, mostly running the Update variant, and have never seen the phenomena you describe. So, you can say …

Hi to FFS developers! There is cron task scheduler in all Linux distributions. There is no clean way to run gui applications from cron as root: problems with auth credentials (in m…

I have begun using FFS to back up media files across a network. I find that I can back up files from a C drive to an external hard drive on the recipient machine, but I cannot back…

This could be a Unicode conversion problem if the SFTP server does not return UTF8.

I have been using FFS for the past few months syncing a PC W7 and a SD card on Galaxy Tab S Android 6.0.1 with Knox installed. When it works it does it wonderfully but sometimes it…

The issue is indeed with decomposed Unicode: [Code] Precomposed would have been: [Code]

Dear All, I have same problem, MediaFire stop downloading windows version. Thanks in advance for any help. QuelloGrosso

Download should be working again. Thanks for the heads up!

Thank you, I will try downloading again.

Oh, absolutely. A brand new Seagate usb 3.0. There is a good chance it is hardware related. It worked fine for the first 1tb. But for now FFS 7.9 gets the job done.

Any help or information, please... We need it very much

Mapped drive letters are user-dependent and therefore often not available in the context of task scheduler. Workaround: explicit UNC syntax.

Did you try the "Select view" buttons mid below the left and right comparison windows?

Big thanks to justanotheruser. sometimes these things are really odd. now it is working and i am quite anotherhappyuser.

Hi - I am a relative novice in using this program. I would like to sync two folders that each have sub-folders. When I do a compare at the folder level it doesn't show any files to…

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update: 8.9 - no problem 8.4-8.5 still had this problem, 8.6-8.8 didn't try