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I use a HTC cellpone(android OS). After connect the phone to windows PC via USB cable, the Windows assigns a driver-letter for the phone's storage card, for instance, H: Then, I ca…

The "background processing mode" (PROCESS_MODE_BACKGROUND_BEGIN) is only supported on later Windows operating systems.

I was looking in the help file for a chapter on the Synchronization settings tab, but found nothing. FFS 6.5 for Windows.

I will try to change the unc path to a mounted drive letter tomorrow. I noticed something else: most times I get the code 21. In these cases I have FFS temp files on my usb drive (…

it's OK i got it to work. I needed to be passing the saved RealTimeSync configuration file as an arqument to RealTimeSync when running it as a windows task for elevated privs (by-p…

I think I've solved this; I changed the setting for Symbolic links from exclude to follow - is this a new option in FFS? It worked last time on this machine (around 4 months ago). …

We both need help from the author, zenju. I am trying to compile version 6.4 on Windows. The source code is the same for Windows and Linux. If you get past the problem cited above …

I have problems compiling FreeFileSync 6.4 in MS VS Express 2013. Using source downloaded from sourceforge: sourceforge.net/projects/freefilesync/files/freefilesync/6.4/ FreeFileSy…

For some reason, when I sync only with Windows or only with OSX, everything works as expected. However, when I sync one platform then switch to another, some files are always overw…

I would check why FFS is syncing them repeatedly. Probably because the modification time or size have changed on either side. Next you need to find out what program is changing the…

You can delete the folder pairs you don't need to sync, and not save this change to the config. But the most straight-foward approach is to save multiple sync configurations and on…

Here is my setup: Mirror from D: ([Data3TBSea]) to E: ([BAK2TBSea]). When a folder/file is created on D: everything is copied correctly but when I delete it not everything is being…

Zenju, thank you for your reply. I thought once you define "if errorlevel 1" every other higher level was going to be included in this section and excluded from a new different err…

I guess the simplest and most straightforward solution is to not deny any deletions on the network drive: from a higher-level perspective deletion is just one type of modification,…

If the time span or time size filters are set, this implicitly excludes all directories from synchronization. This is done in order to avoid creating a lot of empty target folders …

The following happened: 1. The file, shortened "SWOT.docx" was changed on one side, but not on the backup drive, so FFS's two-way sync mode detected that this file should be update…

2008R2, but yes that equates to the Windows 7 core without SP1, and the CPU is toting the AVX2 flag. I'll run SP1 next week and hope that resolves it :)

FFS delegates the responsibility of file copying to Windows by calling the Win32 API function CopyFileEx. So whatever is causing the slowdown, it's highly unlikely that it's caused…

------------------------- Cannot open file "GlobalSettings.xml" Error Code 32: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. (CreateFile) --------…

Just tested: I get a lot of temporary errors like: Cannot move file "C:\folder\file.txt.ffs_tmp" to "C:\folder\file.txt". Error Code 87: Falscher Parameter. (MoveFileEx) Pressing "…

Also, downloaded source files to build for this system. However, there is no information on the build process.

Sounds like you could also be a victim of the exact 1 hour difference: [URL]

Hi to everybody, I have the same problem as Thommi, although I am running FFS v.6.3 under WinXP in FAT32. Till some days ago FFS worked perfectly, and I could appreciate it even mo…

In short, correlation does not imply causation (CDNIC): It's practically impossible that FFS could be the cause for data corruption, simply due to the fact that it does not copy an…

[Quote] Maybe this is psychological? I'm not aware of changes that would result in a noticeable perf improvement...

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First of all, many thanks for such a wonderful program! I have been testing FFS 6.3 and 6.4 on different machines, and I need to synchronize files over my home network. For example…

Never mind – I used Time Machine to make a back-up of the iMac on a different drive. This worked fine, so I updated the OS to Mavericks (was planning this anyway). I then switched …

which version is compatible with osx 10.6.x? Where can I download an older version compatible with OSX 10.6.x thanks

3 = items that cannot be categorized Relates to everything not covered by the other 4 buttons, such as: - same date, same size, but different attributes (read-only etc..) - same da…

[Quote] Hi Zenju! Well when I tried to restore the files I did not have that option so I copied them and transferred them to a hard drive but not to the original folders, organized…

I'm going to try the latest portable version and see if it throws up the same conflict warning message. (For safety, I'll use copies of the sync.ffs_db database because I read some…

I've installed free file sync, and I've got configured to sync a specific folder, everything it's ok, but I need that this task run at periodically daily, how can I do this? Thanks…

The message probably was "Moving file %x to the recycle bin".

The current source distribution (FreeFileSync_6.3_Source.zip) doesn't seem to have installation instructions. Is there a missing file, or is this a "Good luck, Sparky!" situation?

You can use two folder pairs. The first one excludes the root folder, the second one includes only the root folder and also excludes `*.exe`. See help file chapter "[URL]" for more…

I find this program very useful. However, I was wondering if there was an easy way to rename a saved SyncSetting instead of creating a brand new one. On the left bottom box, there'…

Thanks Plerry. You have shed light on the subject for me.

[Quote] Sure, everything is possible. But I am trying to suggest an improvement to the product that user should be given a choice to avoid dumping "info" type messages into the "er…

Hi, I would like to report a problem with Freefilesync. If I try to compare an entire partition from an Ubuntu laptop to an Ubuntu desktop (with some filters), the software hangs w…