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Dear all, I develop "CmisSync", an open source program for the CMIS protocol, it runs as a tray icon. This tray icon shows fine for thousands of users, except two. After investigat…

Please try again with the updated beta. Mirror from an MTP device to a local disk should work now even if mod times are missing: [404, Invalid URL: http://www.mediafire.com/downloa…

You probably entered a .ffs_batch file only rather than `FreeFileSync.exe <ffs_batch file>` [URL]

Did you test with the official FFS build? [URL]

Just extract the archive and start the "FreeFileSync" executable.

It can add a task scheduling function? for example, if you just want that your folders are mirrored with files from other folders every day , it would suffice that a schedule espel…

A normal desktop application like FreeFileSync can never crash the operating system (except for OS or driver bugs). OS bugs are extremely rare, so 99% of the time driver bugs are t…

Getting this error while running filesync to copy files to external hard drive. Format the external hard drive as NTFS, checked permissions, didn't work.

I think that I had discovered the problem. My USB drive may be faulty. It appears to be working done but when I perform certain operations on it I experience problems. I have used …

Nevermind - realized that the compare was set to contents inadvertantly.

I'm testing FreeFileSYnc 7.5 (Build: Oct 1 2015 - Unicode x64) I am pleased with how it detects file moves after I have moved or renamed a file on the source. But I find a serious …

"New" just creates an empty default configuration, like the "new" button in word processing software.

Help is fine.

This is Windows design: Drag and drop does not work when an application is running elevated. Security...

It keeps regenerating a 16kb sync.ffs_db file when i try to delete it. Not sure why.

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

This seems to be a recurring issue but I couldn't find the best thread quickly, maybe this one: [URL] General issue: mapped network shares are only visible to your user account, bu…

So, this is the one of many similar threads that end with no response. All of them are very much like my problem. Why no answer?

Hello. *First of all, I will give you an overview over my configuration. I got a WORKSTATION, witch syncs via FreeFileSync to a local NAS (home1). This NAS (home1) syncs via an oth…

Thanks! Changing from "two way" to custom, did the trick :) Disabling "completed" notification was in Sync settings > On completion > close progress dialog. The best thing is that …

Yes, shouldn't be a problem.

The current CIS version does no longer have this problem - at least, when the "feature" is disabled. I dont want to test whether the problem persist with the enabled feature.

Hi! Is it possible to invest in log format change? For example .CSV or .XML format? Or write .html after backup that will have explorer like tree for backup files/folders and highl…

After upgrading to Windows 10, progress dialog of a batch job scheduled by task scheduler won't show up. In Task Manager, two processes of FreeFileSync are running. But I can't fig…

There are a number of files that have been updated since my last sync that show up as "Files that won't be copied" but which are nevertheless not included in any of my exclusion fi…

[Quote] Doesn't matter, the guard64.dll is still active.

[Quote] The logs provided were taken *while* the drive was on a USB2 connection. The type of interface is not the problem. The problem occurs whther the drive is connected to a USB…

Can't you simply use MTP to access the Android tablet with FreeFileSync? Regarding the SFTP issues when connecting with FreeFileSync: In general, if it works with other tools, it s…

[Quote] I suspect the icon is hidden from the notification area until shown manually for the first time, just like on Windows 7.

I am interested in this task. I have a lot of directories in different places for backup. In other programs, I can simply locate needed dirs and 1 destination dir. And start. All d…

How do I uninstall RealTimeSync? It is not listed in Control Panel > Uninstall a program, and jv16 does not list it either. Can I just delete the .exe file & shortcut? David

Disregard my previous post... It must have been a senoir moment! David

Hi. I upgraded to 7.5 on a 64bit arch-system. No problems occured. Now I tried do the same on a 32bit arch system with the PKGBUILD from AUR (like I did on 64bit). This time the "m…

Fixed. Thank you very much!

Yes, you can automate a backup on inserting an USB device with RealTimeSync. But if you had a crashed HD, and placed an Image of the data partition back, the last thing that you're…

Thank you!!!

Ignoring a +-1h time shift means that file modification times that are off by exactly one hour are treated the same, and only those. The primary use of this option is to handle [UR…

> From your responses it doesn't, so now I know No, FFS is in fact "case-preserving".

[Quote] Thanks Plerry, I changed to Mirror and it works it should. Regards Tomaz

FreeFileSync: V7.4; Build: Sep 1 2015 - Unicode x64 When sycronizing to HTC M9 from Win-10 via MTP: IPortableDeviceProperties::SetValues failed for WPD_OBJECT_DATE_MODIFIED. HRESUL…

Hello everyone, There is a very common and uncomfortable problem with the RealTimeSync icon in the notification area of the Cinnamon: When started in the current session, either by…

[Quote] There might be many ways to skin a cat, but in the case of your example: * keep your intial left-right folder pair and its "*" include-filter and "/.*/" exclude filter * ad…

I have a USB drive that when i'm updating it will disconnect at random intervals, it then almost immediately comes back (windows acknowledges and brings up the drive again). FreeFi…

To Zenju: This is only a half of true, because two changes are made when an icon of a folder is customized. Generation of a desktop.ini file is only one of them. The second change …

Hi, Help!!! I have a situation where a number of workstations are sharing files from a file server as a database. When no one has a file lock, Free File Sync is apparently not usin…

I have a Powershell script that I use to back up user data from workstations to a server. It works well on most machines but fails with a System.OutOfMemoryException on the one 32-…

I run a couple of simple folder pairs one at a time between a PC (Windows 10) and a laptop (Windows 7) , no batch files. The message I get is 'Cannot create directory lock for.....…

thanks - that did it. I was so intend on finding a 'diff' that I didn't see the 'copy'.

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Hi All, ffs 7.4 Does FFS have any issues with SBS 2011 Server. I have been getting duplicate invoices in MicroBiz since syncing MicroBiz's data directories. Many thanks, -T