FreeFileSync Forum

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…

You double-click a file in the list. This will copy it to the other side - irrespective of any rules from your sync settings (F8). This works in both directions. You see a file (on…

No replies, so I guess that's an indicator this is not achievable?

Many thanks, that fixed it.

Over time I've progressively added more and more filters to my simple Mirror Sync backup. Now I'm worried that destination items are building up lying dormant and ignored and in ef…

> The only issue now is that the source PC is slightly slow while the sync is in progress. If being able to continue working while synchronizing in the background is more important…

Seems like this was due to a problem in my router. A factory reset of the router solved this issue!

I presume that the batch file is to run a sync job (configuration) automatically using a scheduler. I read somewhere that even the .ffs_gui can be made to run using Task scheduler.…

I usually manually backup multiple folders from my desktop PC to my laptop PC using separate .ffs_gui files (one for each folder). Can 'RealTimeSync' make my life simpler? In other…

Thanks Zenju. I have an admin account, does this mean I should run as admin, is it that simple? Will try right away :-) Update: that was it! officially feeling dumb now but appreci…

Hi Zenju, thanks for the response. I am not able to find the sync.ffs_db file; in which folder should I be looking for it?

Zenju, Can you not offer any other suggestions for me to try? Not sure why this problem hasn't generated more replies. WEG

"compare by content" does not consider the file modification times. Its use case is probably more in the area of data verification rather than synchronization (but FFS's sync rules…

hello, maybe it's easier to start without the use of batch-files, and to create multiple sync-configurations, to run one by one in the right order: create a new sync-configuration …

I am trying to sync my Thunderbird emails using FTP to my cloud server. Various special characters are represented as %xx in filenames in the Thunderbird folders that show up conve…

> it happens every time Great! (that is, speaking as a developer) We should be able to trace this bug in no time. > Presumably it should never have nothing in the drop down box? An…

FWIW, it turned out the problem was in the Time Span setting under Filter, which was at "This Month". This meant that any files that were moved (and therefore kept their old timest…

SOLVED... Until a short time ago Free File Sync worked perfectly and has done for months .... Now I have this error message stating that the folder is locked: I do not know what to…

You can turn off logging in the ffs_batch file creation dialog via a checkbox.

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Yes, there definitively is a way.

It's possible that Panda Antivirus was scanning the file for viruses because FFS was starting to copy it. FFS uses the Windows internal file copy routine which opens the file with …

Resolved! See new post

I have now found that the main list showing source and destinations contents, do in fact scroll with the scrollwheel,but the configuration list does not. So whatever you did to fix…

I'd like to be able to save more than one configuration file (like in the 1st screen shot on SourceForg). Unfortunately, I can only seem to save one configuration file. I am trying…

I think that this issue has already been raised - see [URL]

Anybody, please explain.

Simply drag-select multiple configurations via the mouse in the configuration panel, then run the combined sync. You can also use CTRL + left mouse click to add or remove individua…

Hi, Is there any way to run specific configuration for different user? For example: I want to run two configurations files; one under user normalUser and the other under root user.…

Hi.... I made the most stupid thing I could do: I syncronized (mirror) folder "A"(on USB key) with "R:\" instead of doing the opposite. Even if "Recycled" on delete is active, "R:\…

In general there are two scenarios: 1. you want to move a folder to another location: In this case, move the sync.ffs_db file as well. 2. you want to copy a folder to another locat…

FreeFileSync doesn't change the file modification times, but it's possible that the target drive doesn't store them correctly, so that after synchronization the file still look as …

Thank you for the reply. Since that ticket is more than three years old with no activity, presumably one should not expect a resolution anytime soon. This means that one cannot, in…

In the Help files, check the *Expert Settings* page. It has all the information you need.

I will post One Click Install links for openSUSE 13.1 in another thread: [URL]

Hello and Merry Christmas :) You might have hardlinked files on your main flash drive. In case you aren't aware of the concept of hardlinks, that means that there are multiple file…

Here is the problem 1) My Father likes to buy computers, if he has trouble with one he buys anothe. 2) computer 1: HP laptop windows 7 and was putting all his photos there (he take…

What might be causing this? I am receiving "Error Code 82" when attempting to Mirror files from a hard drive to a flash drive. Some of the files are being copied over successfully,…

Dear all, My FreeFileSync 6.0 is working on my Win 7 64 bits system. It has/had to sync around 720 GB/200.000 files via WLAN to our new Synology DS214se. After many hours it was fi…

Same problem as discussed here: [URL]

Very good program: fast, reliable, easy to use. But now I am facing a problem, I can not use freeFileSync anymore. Version: 6.0 Problem: Even if I only compare a local folder with …

Hi, I installed FFS on my Win7 64-bit desktop PC, to sync a folder on the PC with a folder on my NAS storage (correctly mounted with netdrive as a drive letter). I then created a j…

[Quote] I have the same problem, and as darius80 asked, could FFS do the driver access asynchronously and the UI stays responsive ? It's making my computer unusable during sync as …

Getting this error when trying to Mirror to a thumbdrive that appears to have enough space for files. "Error Code 82: The directory or file cannot be created. (CopyFileEx)" Why am …

Using FreeFileSync 5.2 on a Windows 7 platform, I notice that the "date created" attribute on target files & folders is not overwritten with the source file/folder time stamp. Is t…

> From the description this software is supposed to be a backup software. FFS is primarily synchronization software, but might also be used for backup purposes. You can choose from…

[Quote] What versions have you been using and where did you download them from?