FreeFileSync Forum

Update: My third tip might be wrong. I've been reading back chronologically through the topics in this forum, and unless something has changed, a FreeFileSync job will not process …

[Quote] > I cant find anything to whine about anymore ... It almost sounds like a disappointment ;-)

The ony free tool that I have good experience with is Testdisk + PhotoRec from CGsecurity.

Ok, following your advice, I succeeded in silencing it and making it automatically close the progress window. Is there a way to prevent its opening while starting up?

Thanks Plerry for your answer. However this starts to sound to technical to be an easy and stable solution. If we need to begin doing handwork here and there to be able to use the …

Thanks will give it a try.

What you describe should be possible if you can get FreeFileSync to compile and run on those systems. But for something as simple as you describe, why wouldn't you just use rsync t…

Hi Zenju when I try to update to 7.4 on arch linux I get a md5 checksum error. It seems the file FreeFileSync_7.4_Source.zip on mediafire is corrupt (download size is less compared…

Looks like you inadvertently used the [URL].

The simplest solution is probably to just use the same user in task scheduler like for your manual tests. This reduces the risk of suprises caused by different user permissions.

[Quote] Negative. But the Link was set for NT 4.0. Mea Culpa. It works now.

Deleting the old file before coping over the new file is a step in the overwrite algorithm. Instead of "deleting file" FFS could be set up to use versioning, in which case it's hel…

Could be some AV software that is [URL].

This info was added to the [URL].

Really? That is quite surprising. I hear the harddisk thrashing a lot. When there are only a few threads (2 or 3) are left then the file count seems to go much faster. Thanks for y…

[Quote] Thank you for replying, also where might the .ffs_real files be so that i may view them?

look @ image :-) green: by Overview (german: Übersicht) i wish to open or close with one click show static @ same window. hide/spears all buttons but show log or log-button (A) and…

I am new to your app (FreeFileSync) and am using it to sync between my PC and external hard drive with no issues. I would also like to use it to sync between my PC and my Verizon S…

what are overwrite / sycronization settings? Newer files overwrite older files of same name? It is larger files overwrite smaller files of same name? I can't seem to find any answe…

[Quote] Implemented for 7.4. In addition FFS will accept macros, path by volume name, etc, i.e. it supports all directory parsing features now also from command line! So something …

[Quote] The right click inside the folder selector worked ... that wasn't an intuitive step for me. A checkbox "show hidden" inside the selector dialog would have eliminated my con…

I think I've seen this issue once in a while on Ubuntu, but right now I'm not able to reproduce it.

[Quote] I totally in agreement, tree view will be a better way to immediatly point out the differences. After that, I think that FreeFile Sync has no revals!

Can you explain how that would differ from what FFS shows now? From my perspective, FFS only detects changed files. What it "shows" are the files it believes are changed and should…

[Quote] > > /.*/ should exclude only hidden directories at the root directory. > This works correctly in my tests and only excludes hidden directories at synchronization base direc…

Is there a way to sync to a hard drive on my router. The way I access it now is thru a browser via the IP address and then login as a user that I created in the router sharepoint.

When mounting (with Nautilus) to my Synology NAS, i can scan with no problems. But when i start to sync, i get an error code 95 Cannot write modification time of "{filename} I trie…

Sync root + use include filter for the folder you want.

FreeFileSync allows USB external disks to be addressed via [volume-name] syntax. This works fine if the USB disk is accessible via some drive letter A-Z, but it doesn't work ("File…

Sometimes at the end of a sync, there is still a list of files n both panes. Often there isn't, so it made me wonder is there some kind of error when files remain in the list panes…

[Quote] Exactly. It's unfortunate however that the Windows API returns such a misleading error code. Something like "operation not supported" would have been more clear.

(Custom) macros may be used in any place where you input a folder path. See help file chapter "[URL]" for details and examples.

[Quote] Just to add: if sync directions are accidentally swapped or if the wrong folders are selected for synchronization, FFS will show a warning, if more than 50% of files will b…

More practically speaking: If you really want to find out what exactly went wrong during the BSOD rather than waste time guessing, you can try to debug the minidump file that Windo…

Cleaning out the "legion" of "recyclebin.ffs_tmp directories did it. I had to use 7zip File Manager with SHIFT+DEL to knock out all of those subfolders. A sync is now running, I'll…

I think I've stumbled on the solution! I had a fast ethernet switch in use, moved it and found another machine experienced network issues. The problematic sync pair that led me to …

No ideas?

Can you post your FFS configuration (.ffs_gui) as well as screenshots from FFS and explorer to demonstrate the problem?

FreeFileSync Developer(s): I know of several projects that use the NSIS Installer for Windows that either (1) ask for admin rights in the MIDDLE of installation and then install wi…

Hi Wm, Sorry for my late response. I simply stopped using FFS, as it is useless right now. I needed it again and it still is the same. Ignore time shift is set as "disabled". Check…

Detection of changed files is fully supported for local file systems (since Windows XP). For network shares it may or may not work, especially if client or server OS are older than…

Any decent modern router has QOS, and will prioritize real-time application traffic (VOIP and some multimedia) over file transfer or web browsing, either by default or otherwise af…

[Quote] You'll probably want to disable it.

> The simplest way to do this is to restart the operating system. Hmmm, so restart the computer, close all programs, etc. takes about 20 minutes here until all of the programs are …

Suddenly FFS does not start anymore, a message occurs instead, something like: Error Code 32 - File cannot be accessed because it is used by another process. How could I make it st…

Can one rename a file shown in the result list after comparing?

I typed in .* to try to filter out all files that start with . but it doesn't do the job. Neither does .*.* or \.* or \.*.* Can anyone help?

SFTP is not (and cannot be) supported by RealtimeSync.

Hello, I tried to install FFS 7.2 on my Win7 prof. 64bit system but just as I reached the installationprocess the installer closes and stops installation. Same problem with every o…

I have the same questions, and did not yet find a solution with FreeFilySync yet. Did you meanwhile find one? I found this: [URL] but imho the approach does not work.