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Just launch Process Explorer and look at the command line used during process start.

No, the FFS launcher exe (FreeFileSync.exe) automatically does this for you including a few additional system-readiness checks.

Hi, i seem to be having a problem with crashing while transferring files. I've found that during a transfer, if the other machine that the system is copying to goes to sleep or aut…

I'm having the very same issue, although I'm using version 8.8. As soon as I click "Browse," the application freezes and I have to close it out. I'm not sure what the problem is, b…

Zenju, thank you. That will work perfectly.

I want to use -leftdir to change the source of a batch run and leave the target as it is in the batch file. I set -leftdir to the new source, -rightdir seems to be required also. S…

Hello, this Version works fine. With creating directories by Versioning. Thank You.

Hi all Developing a Windows app that allows a user to update a website through a Wizard which in turn builds .html pages, .pdfs, resizes images, etc. Updating the website using Win…

[Quote] No, I just double click the NASbackup.ffs_batch file. I plan to use a scheduled task, but since my first tests failed ... I am confused that - starting* a GUI-Job to copy f…

It appears to have worked - thanks so much Zenju! Best Wishes for a Happy New Year!

Have you tried to use SFTP instead of SMB? Using SFTP allows you to store the user credentials within Free File Sync. If you prefer using SMB it may be a solution to create a job w…

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Hi, I'm using FFS to backup files from a source folder to multiple target folders according to their type. For example source folder 'D:\Source' has mp3,wma, wav files, along with …

I changed the modification time of files and it works. Many thanks, Zenju

I have a NAS Unit with raid system using NTFS i am attempting to setup up a remote filesync using SFTP a ton of files get the following error Error Code 123: The filename, director…

When I was syncing my C drive to my external hard drive yesterday, I noticed it spent a lot of time syncing numerous files with RecycleBin.ffs_tmp in the paths. I also recognized t…

[Quote] This is most likely caused by the fact that FFS, as invoked by RTS upon detection of changes in the monitored folder(s), is run under different user credentials than when s…

[Quote] This could also be the explanation for why the two-way sync does not work as expected. Obviously, any error related to the sync.ffs_db files breaks two-way sync. The questi…

I'm only seeing a 10€ donation on September 16th, 2016, is this the one you're talking about?

Thanks! That sounds like it is going to meet the need. Appreciated, Beverly Howard

Soon there will be a version that supports the ftp protocol (not sftp) and we will not have so many problems. I think the GlobalSettings.xml file has nothing to do with setting the…

[Quote] Not so much a "noob-friendly manual". More like the following: install program, prepare a couple of folders with unimportant files to mess around with, work through [URL] t…

I just downloaded and used v8.7 for the first time. It appears that if only some of the files in a folder are new or changed the folder heading will not show up in the compare list…

Btw. Outlook changes the file headers even if there was no change in e-mails. So only relevant info in this case is modification date.

I have used FFS to sync two data directories (2-way sync and scheduled). I had been running quite well, but last week during one sync it decided to delete a lot of files as for som…

I still have the problem. If updating this file consists of multiple steps: (1. create temporary, 2. delete sync.ffs_db 3. rename temporary) - could the problem be the delay betwee…

No, forum is right, message is from RTS, it's a limitation of SFTP.

Dear Zenju, both version you mentioned (16.04 and 16.10) do not properly work with MTP in a Kubuntu 16.04 LTS installation (neither in Mint 18, actually). MTP does not map in folde…

I've deleted forder having path "...\RecycleBin.ffs_tmp" using robocopy with command below and it is resolved. robocopy "c:\EmptyFolder" "FolderPathToDelete" *.* /purge

Hello, When I try to sync my Raspberry (samba shared folder - ext4 formatted hard drive) with my Mac (Yosemite) I have a super slow and flashing trasfer. Every 3/4 second it stop a…

also, how can i perform FFS with access with account?

After each file copy you should have seen a short status message "verifying file...". Additionally you can check the info messages after sync where you find "Verify copied files: E…

Somebody else an idea?

Thanks. I want to drag a whole bunch of folders to one side of the set. Then a whole bunch of matching folders to the other side. That would be a great feature, at least for me... …

Yes, there hasn't been any change in this area.

[Quote] Often done by having the two computers located within the same LAN (local area network) configured in such a way that they are visible to each other. I suggest also that th…

not seeing left panel "folder pairs". are there other windows that can be used. I see that windows can be moved, but not seeing any to add. don't see how to manually edit a folder …

Hi, why I can't install the portable version without a donation version? Until now the portable version was always free! Hope this is only a bug in 8.7... Regard Eric

Hi, Ran some searches on this forum and Google, but had trouble finding information. For your background, I'm on a Mac using the latest version of Sierra. I recently discovered FFS…

Sorry to sound stupid, the settings were set up for me within our company by our IT dept for our data backup, can you tell me how I do that? I'd rather try it myself as I'd have to…

I'm having this same issue going from 7.7 to 8.6.

Hi all first sorry for my poor English ! i'm running free file sync on Windows 10 for a Mirror between a hard drive and a nas. work fine ! the Schedule process run every minutes an…

I have made the batch job how I want it to be synchronized. Now all I want to know is how can I create a Windows 7 Service or a Task that will run every time a file in a folder cha…

Hi there, I have installed FFS on a new notebook with same parameters I have on my old one. Running a synchronization with my Synology NAS results in a very poor perfomance with av…

In my case even with internet it's not working.

I installed Free file sync and for making my system as SFTP server I install free version of Solarwinds SFTP/SCP utility. It is working fine because I have tested it for one user. …

Previous versions of FFS backed up open files by (rather slowly) creating shadow copies. With a very large PST file, the latest version gives me the following error message: Cannot…

Thx for the Info

thanks, i have already seen this option but the predefined values are not what i need. i need custom date selection. for example 01.may 2016. all data created after this time shoul…

A "delete" is also considered a modification. To resolve the conflict you need to set a sync direction.