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> connection to the network is interrupted, FFS says that the sync is complete. I assume FFS was creating new files on the target, when the interruption occurred? When it detects t…

RealtimeSync's native file format is .ffs_real. Passing a .ffs_batch file works, too, but is mere convenicence, and has the drawback of using the default timeout value.

Hi Guys, I've got FFS 6.9 installed (64 bit version) on a W7Pro64 SP1 PC that was syncing a mapped NAS drive as N: to a local disk D: as a backup of the network shared files. It us…

Where i can get WxWizFrame.fbp ?

I think the best way to keep multiple versions of files as backup is by using FFS's "versioning" feature. What's missing though is a way to have FFS consider a time span. This is p…

OK, starting from scratch did help. It now works. Unfortunately I don't know what was wrong. Regards, Bart

[Quote] +1 for this suggestion.

Hi Plerry, I am dealing with a fairly complex directory structure and in some case 4 or 5 levels deep. My challenge seemed simple at first. Essentially all I want to do is create a…

[Quote] hey, thanks for your answer. i did check with chkdsk, and both drives have the same cluster size (4k), both are NTFS. i also, previous to my original post here, delete all …

[Quote] Yes, that's the only limitation of this solution. "Review" in this case means making sure the two folder pairs are disjunct with regards to the file filter. If that is give…

Hi, so I'm currently looking for some backup program and people recommended this. So after trying it, I have a question. Using RealTimeSync - is there a way to not have FreeFileSyn…

Ok, but if I am complaining ? :-) Is it possible to add an option somewhere to keep them even if empty ?

Well, thanks a lot. I've asked three questions on this board, for three different problems, and never received any answer. I guess I'll just stop using FFS.

The default Exclude list (Windows version 6.10) reads: <Exclude> <Item>\System Volume Information\</Item> <Item>\$Recycle.Bin\</Item> <Item>\RECYCLER\</Item> <Item>\RECYCLED\</Item…

Dear Developers, Would you please consider the following Request for Enhancement? From what I can tell after running Free File Sync for a week at a customer's site, the archive dir…

[Quote] Not any more. It's working fine now. Thanks very much for your prompt support!

Thank you for your very generous offer. That offer caused me to be sure that something else wasn't causing the problem. After several failed experiments, late yesterday morning I d…

[Quote] Do a manual comparison using FFS's GUI and look at the middle grid why they are considered different.

I try to make RealtimeSync envelopes are outdoors share center (d-link dns-320lw). My problem is that when I open or close a file, the program reads everything again from scratch. …

I'm somewhat confused and the help manual is also not too clear. Can someone give me step by step instructions on how to sync a folder or file from my PC to my backup drive "left t…

Hi All, FreeFileSync 6.10 for Windows. Under "versioning", how to I tell FreeFile Sync how many of these I want to keep? I am concerned that my backup disk will get overrun. And, I…

You're doing just a tad too much. Create the realtime.ffs_batch only in FreeFileSync, not RealTimeSync. Open it in RealTimeSync and then save it as a RealTimeSync batch (realtime.f…

After about fifty attempts I solved this way: \AppData\Local\*slash_asterisk \AppData\Local\* \AppData\LocalLow\*slash_asterisk \AppData\LocalLow\* \AppData\Roaming\*slash_asterisk…

FreeFileSync doesn't cache the directory structure between runs, so the slow down must have a differenc reason.

When I setup a batch, does the order go from top to bottom? Just asking because when I go to add a line the top line drops into second place. Seems like if I add a line it should d…

[Quote] The new 6.11 beta version has solved that issue. Thank you for your hard work. Sorry for my late answer. I was abroad over the last week. With my best regards.

Sorry for the late response. I had a drive die in my NAS and I made the mistake of installing OS X Yosemite over the weekend. I have confirmed as of this morning that this problem …

The program installation wizard is in a weird language. I can't read it and I don't know what each thing does. What should I do?

I observed the following behaviour, which I cosider as bugs: 1.) If syncing has finished and you close the main window before the little progress window, FreFileSync crashes. 2.) t…

Got it working now. Just run FFS as admin: Right click on FFS shortcut on desktop and select properties. And under compatibility, check "run this program as an admin"

OK so the 'issue' is with RealtimeSync (the FreeFileSync retries was a bit of a red herring) i.e. the update that should have been kicked off every 60 seconds (plus mirror time) di…

> Disable write caching on the device I'd suggest to always disable caching in Windows for usb memory sticks (= the default), else you'll have to remember to manually "unmount" bef…

I had the same problem and I resolved it by set my user as the proprietary of the file. His emplacement is : C:\Users\"Your Name"\AppData\Roaming\FreeFileSync My version is 6.10 Re…

You are an impatient man ... (only 6 hours between initial post and "reminder") All info is in the help-file. (Don't have access to that now, but ...) For Windows Task Scheduler yo…

Hey! Is there an option to copy\sync files if a folder exist in one certain folder? For example: A folder name B C *file.mov If certain folder name exist under folder "A", sync the…

[Quote] >it compares the relative contributions of the source folders (...). The first level (top level) folders of the hierarchy always add up to 100%. Thanks Stefan. I didn't fin…

Sorry, didn't see that one coming, it's painful having to be asked to Google (i.e. I should have done this already). Common problem, temporary solution, increase the watches limit …

Receiving no response , I put my head in my hands and I thought............. The error messages indicate the FOLDER ( E: \). But ( E) is not a folder but a partition. So, I had the…

How can I do that? I cant find this in the Helpfile? Is this really the solution for different file sizes? Where did the different file sizes come from? Isnt it a filecopy-problem?

I suspect that as with many knowledgeable people you find it hard to imagine just how dense a layman like me can actually be :) Having said that, after much headscratching and swea…