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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.

Generally FFS is always compiled for the newest Ubuntu/Debian system available. Versions for older systems can be found here: [URL]

I've just been looking more at the sync I'm doing and it looks like the sync has broken, so the flatline might just be the files not copying.. The copy looked to still be processin…

For the record: FreeFilesync copies and displays all files, no matter the extension, with a single exception: "sync.ffs_db", which is a FFS-internal database file, which shouldn't …

The problem with recursive creation of temporary recycle bin directories has been fixed for the next release: [404, Invalid URL: https://freefilesync.org/FreeFileSync_7.3_beta_Wind…

When I try remove the file

Maybe the reason are wrong credentials to the qnap which are stored in the Windows Credential Manager on the W2012R2?

[Quote] Well, that would explain it! I incorrectly assumed it was idle time for RTS itself, so it would sync every 10 minutes. You're so fast in replying, thank you!

Follow up — our server does not have SFTP functions.

if you right click on the top of the two file lists you can add date+time on both sides. you might want to start off with two-way rather than mirror and do things by hand until you…

I want to back up our hard drive to a network drive(NAS). To get access to our network NAS I need a username and password. free file sync says it can not. Win7 backup ask a passwor…

[Quote] Thank you very much, i shall try it certainly. FFS is an excellent tool, so the good news that it supports cloud services.

Can you send me a process monitor trace when this happens? [URL]

[Quote] Issue is fixed, just re-download FFS 7.2.