FreeFileSync Forum

I have been silly and neglected updating FFS for literally years because it was working fine. Used every day, automatically. Just Worked. Now I wish to upgrade, (although it still …

Hi, To increase reliability of my backups, I was thinking to run FreeFileSync and back up the files on two different harddisks at the same time. This, in case one of the harddisks …

I've found out. The FTP folder path is one thing and the FTP versioning path is other.

I would like to sync a folder on a PC with a notebook, when the notebook is powered on. The folder was open in the notebook with the same name "XXX". But if I open a file in notebo…

... "VSS won't work from a 32-bit process on a 64-bit OS." Ok, then, in such constellation, this option should not be activatable in ffs, and write an Info in ffs-Log ... ... "Who …

Thank you very much. So now I know the whole history and it is clear for me :) But it doesn't help me. It is a pity. Apparently I have to stay with v7.9 in office computer because …

Temporary copy for non-native file paths has been implemented for 8.3. Let me know if you find any issues: [URL]

@ Arunderan hello, i had the same problem: reason seems to be that Comodo adds ADS streams to the files it has checked, purposedly to make later scannings faster, etc., which expla…

It's such an edge case that I don't even feel comfortable asking for it. Thanks a bunch for giving your time getting to the root of the problem. For now, I'll try to keep files ASC…

I maintain a chocolatey package (like apt-get for windows) that automatically grabs the windows install URL and if there is a version change, builds a new package and calculates th…

Hi, I am using free file sync, In that during synchronization at last its showing one icon by name Number of files and folders that will be deleted . What is the meaning of that Ic…

Thank you very much! It works great. syncer2016

If it is that important to you, why then not use two different syncs, each with their own archive/versioning location ..

Dear Friends, I have downloaded the latest version for MAC. but when i click the FreeFileSync.app , it directly prompt an application . I supposed the one with installation wizard …

It is ok to monitor the changes of actual directory. It is also ok to sync the content of symbolic directory to target. But the RealTimeSync cannot to monitor the changes of files …

I can connect via SFTP with my ISP using Filezilla. Using EXACTLY the same settings (server, port, user, password) in the FFS, I get this error (when I click the button to browse f…

old post, but still open and for administrative purpose ;) What I can see is that it doesn't has incremental/differential backup's. From the FAQ: "use recycle bin" or the build-in …

FreeFileSync is crashing in BsShell.dll *C:\Windows\System32\BsShell.dll This seems to be a third-party component of BlueSoleil software. Uninstalling or updating to a newer versio…

hello all I have installed FFS via terminal so I should have the latest version. Trying to sync files from home drive to usb but at times FFS cannot find my folder on the home driv…

Hi all, I'm looking for a way to have FreeFileSync provide my server withe the username and password it requires before it will unlock access to the drives I am attempting to sync …

It seems to be able to list folders with a >'< sign in the name. In another test it could be, that it is stopping on a file with only an extension (e.g. >.project<). There didn't s…

i think that exocomp was saying sources c:/user d:/music dest z:/folderdest/c/user z:/folderdest/d/music i was using mr mirror so far and i am looking to recreate a folder root to …

I just tested and download seemed to work. Maybe it was a temporary issue. You may want to try again.

Hi I'm trying to understand the versioning functionality. If I setup a backup and use the "move old files to specific folder" with a sftp-Server, than I put in a line like sftp://.…

Hi, i would like to have several sync jobs that runs every hour or day and retrieve status information (current progressions, error or success, etc..) into a conky window, so it wi…

Thanks for your answer drivetheory but i can't find these capabilities. I read all the manual. And i'm using FFS under the context of the current user.

Hello, I like the feature of Dropbox to restore older file versions if needed. The build-in file history in windows is bad imo so I'd like to create a filehistory with FFS. Current…

To start with, open FFS, click Tools from the menu up top, click options, checkmark "Copy locked files", click OK.

[Quote] No. Just as Plerry and Kilrah explained, "ignore" does not skip folders, but merely ignores the warning. [Quote] You don't make it easy for people to want to help you, do y…

[Quote] There is no reason why the message should not be correct. Did you check with Process Explorer?

I set sync option to Mirror. It's been working perfect for long time. But lately when I click synchronize, pop up synchronize Preview screen shows no changes, both left and right s…

Thanks Ellul, Knowing where the various files need to reside for proper installation helps. My 7.9 version of FFS does work.

HI, I'm using FFS 8.2 with ElCapitan and a WD EX2100. Everything is perfect, but deleted folders in "Source" will not be deleted in "Target". Even Files, I delete in "Source" will …

I'm running Ubuntu Mate 16.04. I've downloaded FFS 8.2, unpacked it and it runs by clicking the FFS icon. I'd like to 'install' it so the file associations and menu icons work as p…

Use USBDLM with an Autorun.inf on each USB device USBDLM [URL] Autorun.inf [URL]

I have downloaded freefilesync to my Mac in order to facilitate making backups of Microsoft Office for Mac documents and spreadsheets on Microsoft OneDrive. However, I get an error…

I love FFS. After a successful sync I see a yellow triangle with an exclamation mark. It tells me: sync completed with warnings. Where or how to find these warnings? I did not find…

Well, I have narrowed down the problem. It appears that RealTimeSync crashes when I have my Roots Magic ancestry database open and doing updates to the database. Otherwise, RealTim…

Sorry should have clarified. It's been slow on that drive when it was working but also to various USB's and other folders on the hard drive. I've been looking into it a little more…

It means you need to manually choose what to do for that file.

Huh! I should have thought of that. Thanks.

Hi, Were you able to find a solution for this problem? A thought about your issue is maybe try delete the destination folder that didn't inherit the permission and resync it? not t…

The default SFTP port ist 22. Does dropbox even support SFTP?

I clicked on the Windows download but the page didn't answer. What to do?

Several times now I have found after syncing files that a number of my photos are not being synced. FreeFileSync only places an empty folder (no photos). I have not filtered anythi…

Hello Guys, I have the same issue connecting through SFTP, can anyone tell me how to debug the isssue? What are the possible cuases? By the way, I can connect to my SFTP account us…

howdy y'all, does anything like a global exclusion list for CURRENT jobs exist? i'm having some serious problems right now with updating a dozen ffs jobs to include newly noticed f…

@Plerry: Hi! When i installed the software i thought it would be automatic, but after some tests i noticed that it needs to be reloaded after PC restarts. So, if you want to stop i…

The version is the latest at the time "8.1 Build Apr 21 - Unicode x64", I just downloaded 8.2 and not sure if this is different, but either way I'm confused. In the left(ish) (comp…

You can manually copy to a third location using "Ctrl+T" on the main grid.