FreeFileSync Forum

The Windows Recycle Bin is not available for most removable drives like USB memory sticks. BTW, this is *not* an error, but a warning only.

I have been using FreeFileSync for a number of years to wirelessly synchronize files between 2 Windows 7 Home Edition PC's across my home network. There are about 400,000 files tha…

Thanks, the call stack looks normal, no indication of an error, however the active assembly instruction is the following: vpsrlq xmm3,xmm0,34h This sounds familiar: [URL] Are you o…

The compare is set to "Time and Size". On my "J" drive, I have a folder for NEAT (document organization program) backups, and whenever I make a new backup it adds about a 1.4 GB fi…

I see, Zenju. Thanks. But man, a big loss of data (photos) to me..... I still would argue that if folders are only partially equal, then when one clicks the Equal tab, a warning no…

Best use some macro in the folder path then, e.g. %year%, %month%, %day%, see help file chapter "[URL]" for details.

I knew about that, but this is not a physical drive in the server, but on another machine. The solution described does not work in this case. The version I tested the last time wor…

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When permanent deletion was selected (you can check this in the log file, when it says "deleted" rather than "moved to recycler" or "moved to versioning folder"), FreeFileSync call…

Does what I hoped. The recreation of the stamps on old log files is a nice touch. Thank you.

[Quote] But when I try to sync from NB0196MY to Windows Server 2003 storage. It works. I suspect VSS not working in Windows Server 2003. It's only work in Windows Workstation.

[Quote] > But how is this related to the colon issue, without a colon in the filename? You can find details in the thread linked above :)

[Quote] Thank you, Zenju. I'll get it working as I really value FFS.

Hello, I'm trying to build following [URL] , but I'd an error : "[user@host Source]$ make BUILD=Launchpad mkdir -p ../Obj/FFS_GCC_Make_Release/ffs/src/ g++ -std=c++11 -pipe -DWXINT…

[Quote] > *None of my business, but by disabling UAC you expose your sister's machine to a high risk. You give malware free reign to install drivers and ActiveX controls, change fi…

In fact, the program is checking for update at startup. No problem if I disable "Help > Check for new version > Check automatically once a week". If I click on "Check now", the pro…

Wow, neat! I hadn't thought of doing multiple selections using CTRL-click and I just tried it. Works great, thanks for the prompt help. Kudos!

I was ripping a CD this morning which causes the sync process to run several times (once as each track file is written to my music folder). The CD had 14 tracks and after 13, FFS o…

FFS worked very well for me on Kubuntu-14.10 until a couple of weeks ago. Now, I cannot backup anything, not even to an empty directory using any of the modes: Mirror, Update, or T…

[Quote] Dear Micha, I've tested something else: running FFS on a Windows 7 platform. And that works OK. So it seems to be a problem with FFS in combination with Windows 8.1? I red …

Thanks very much...I think that will do what I need. I do have one other question...one of the files I monitor for changes is the backup of my NEAT document organizer, and the prob…

[Quote] OK, thanks... I will see if I can track it down. In the mean time, I guess I have to delete empty folders manually.

I've been trying out FreeFileSync to sync a local directory and a Google Drive synced directory in Windows 7. Whenever I run the synchronization, it instantly kills the Google Driv…

Very peculiar. The categorisation in the middle grid should give a first clue why the file pairs are still different.

[Quote] echo %WinDir:*\=% echo %WinDir:*:=% You can test it in a cmd-Window :)

Thank you very much for the info and the link. I was hoping I wasn't the only one having problems with the new format. And that is great that it will be fixed in the next release. …

[Quote] However you've done it, Windows seems to accept your use of colons in the date format, with one particular exception: In Windows 7 there doesn't seem to be a problem but in…

Maybe an issue with the filter settings?

Yes, FFS needs SP3 when running on Windows XP.

> Certainly ... ffs_gui and ffs_batch ... distinguised solely by their file extension. ... one entity or two? Yes "constructive vision"! ... Today i think, Batch-mode is a speciali…

To quickly answer the OP's question: > is it possible to have the include/exclude filters to be pair-specific ? Yes, click the small filter button shown in the middle of a folder p…

Maybe run as admin the installation file itself. Therefore uninstall FFS and reinstall it as admin. Maybe it can help.

Did you try running FFS as administrator ? (right click)

Also, if you run the synchronization using the batch file created by FFS, then you can't "Run as Admin" because this option is not available in the right-click menu. What you need …

[Quote] "Error 404 We're sorry but we weren't able to process this request." Any other method?

I did figure this out, if anyone wants to know

Bump. Can anyone help? Also need it to run automatically on startup but don't understand the instructions.

Can this be related to 6.14 not working on Linux Mint 17.1? Version 6.13 worked OK on that. I use the cinnamon desktop, and posted about this in another thread.

I'm trying to use FFS to sync files between my MacBook and a local SMB share, but I'm experiencing an issue when comparing files that I suspect has something to do with the file pa…

Thank you.