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Ah, that did the trick, fixed now thank you.

In the meantime I tried the same procedure with Synkron. The above mentioned behaviour did not happen. So IMHO it seems to be connected with the kind of file access FreeFileSync us…

Hi, I get the error 53 about a missing network share. It is \\Fritz.box\fritz.nas\Toshiba-ExternalUSB3-0-01\backup\ but FFS complains about not finding \\Fritz!nas\fritz.nas\Toshib…

When I run a synchronise update, I immediately get error message "Cannot open directory "R:\Config.Msi". Error Code 5: Access denied (openDir). If I ignore, update appears to compl…

Karan- this is a "feature" of Mac OS X 10.7 and later called GateKeeper. It prevents unsigned apps from being launched on the computer. It's a security measure. You can work around…

Got it. Will see the final test.

FreeFileSync simply ignores symbolic links within folders I want to be copied. I don't know how to tell FFS to copy them as links (i.e. not the data inside the link, but just the l…

ok! Thanks.

I have run FFS succesfully for many moons, but suddenly it has gone on the fritz. I am getting this error: Cannot set directory lock for 'C:\Users\M\Pictures\'. Cannot read file 'C…

Hello, I got a similar issue. Maybe the issue is related to [404, Invalid URL: https://sourceforge.net/p/freefilesync/bugs/132/?page=0] [URL] Before receiving the Error Code 183, I…

I have a Dell Laptop and a desktop pc. Both machines were dual boot setups (Winxp Home and Win 7 Pro) I could use free file sync with no problems when both pc's were booted in xp I…

will be ever implemented this feature?

> FreeFileSync 5.17 Changelog > [...] > Show moved files in same category as updated files Awesome, not exactly what I wanted but it solves my problem!

Thank you for this explanation. I agree, symlinks can produce complex situations. The issue above already arises if the user decides to delete file.txt and you can just let it happ…

Small update. I've looked today a bit further to the problem and I managed to fix most of the problems. 1. For the problem that caused FFS to be unable to locate the network folder…

I've revised the design of RTS error handling: the program will not show a timed modal error dialog anymore, but instead will only show a blinking system tray icon. If the user dou…

If you run with default settings, i.e. "fail-safe file copy" on, then you can be sure that no files are written to your target location while an error occurred at any stage of the …

Ok, I figured it out. It might be obvious to people a bit smarter than me but I'm only a lowly mechanical engineer... Clicked on "Show hidden icons" and exited the job there. Thank…

FFS 5.16 on Ubuntu 12.04LTS 64 bit FFS fails to find the folders I drag and drop into the Folder fields. It seems to prefix /home/john/ in front of the path. I cannot edit the fiel…

OK, so I'm not very good at scripting but this worked for me. if exist \\vbox-2010\cssdir goto direxists goto nodir :direxists C:\Users\DS\Documents\freefilesync\css_SyncSettings.f…

(New FFS User) I have 4 user pairs constructed for a Sync run Configuration. It appears from experimentation that any folder/file de-selection in the "COMPARE", holds only for the …

I take it the files you want don't have any similar group of extension (that isn't used also on non-desired files). However the Exclude filter does offer a minimum/maximum "size" s…

does it work for files or it is just for folders?

The modal dialog was apparently the problem. I didn't have the 'Close progress dialog' option set for 'On completion'. I originally had the scheduled task set up to 'Run whether us…

It seems this is a problem of the new Windows Vista IFileDialog directory picker which by default does not show the "Fonts" folder. OTOH with the older < XP SHBrowseForFolder the "…

[Quote] Figured it out - for anyone interested here is my updated script : @echo off echo FreeFileSync Log starting at : time /T date /T echo. echo. echo. echo ====================…

Finally figured out what is going on with memory. Windows is taking memory for its I/O cache and it does not release it. Since FFS is doing most of the I/O it just seems like it is…

[Quote] Well, to answer my own question: The synchronization wouldn't happen automatically, i.e. I would have to press the Synchronize button after the scanning / comparison was co…

[Quote] Thanks for the quick reply, Zenju.

If you want to solve it in our batch-file, use: start /wait "C:\[path_to_FFS]\FreeFileSync.exe" "D:\[path_to_FFSbatchfile]\[your_FFSbatchfile].ffs_batch" instead of: call "C:\[path…

Hi, Looking for the correct answer for my situation. Win7 x 64 home premium. Which choice is correct for me re handling of Symbolic Links? I'll be using Steam, Steam Spreader, Game…

It seems "iTunes Library.itl" was overwritten or deleted on 2013-06-17 040531 resulting in a versioned backup named "iTunes Library.itl 2013-06-17 040531.itl". This latter file the…

The locking behavior is the same as in previous releases, but an error when writing the sync.ffs_lock file is no longer suppressed. You have multiple choices: 1. If it is possible …

Hi I am using FileSync for backing up a database directory from a windows xp pc to a windows 7 pc. Seems like all the folders and files are copied, but when try to run the programm…

Hm, it's standard behavior for most usb drives which do a bulk of work without calling back the application. This non-responsiveness issue could be solved from two ends: 1. the usb…

> The problem still exists which makes my backups (of 4TB disks) worthless! Please fix this bug! You need to help a little: What are the conditions that reproduce this behavior? Do…

The installer is using NSIS, so you can install silently with: <div style="font-family:monospace" align="center">FreeFileSync_5.16_Windows_Setup.exe /S /D=C:\Program Files\FreeFile…

[Quote] Just saw this post after posting in the Open Discussion forum the exact same thing, i.e. the need to have the destination folder timestamps set to the source on completion

I have installed FreeFileSync on my friend's computer running MS Windows XP. I've created a backup plan from the computer to an external USB disk and the plan is run as a scheduled…

Hi everybody, I get a strange issue; i am currently sync two folder, all worked well since this morning. I can not more sync my two folders, and strangely i can do it on their subf…

thanks for this hint, works perfect!! FreeFileSync is a very useful tool, thanks for it!!

> What kind of details do you need Well, the relevant kind of details ...

I'm testing on Windows 7 Enterprise. The new version seems to work better than version 5.15. So far FreeFileSync has reported no 'cannot read file' errors during the mirror operati…

[Quote] Guau! so fast! I am on leave for a week, will report when back Thanks again CTone

As I'm sure you're aware, the Linux-standard way to run periodic jobs (such as backups) is via a cron job. However, this requires that the program be able to be run with no user lo…

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The deleting of the equal files, about 15.000, of the left side lasts some hours until now, (about 1 file per second or so). How can I stop after sychronizing the deletion of the e…

You need to create separate batch configurations. Save the first and create a new one.

[Quote] My apologies and thank you for the swift response. On trying to replicate this I can see what I have missed: I was trying to emulate the batch job by running the job in the…

The title was correct after all, but you had me fooled by your first port: > How do I set that specific job to load in my windows 7 startup please? For a specific sync job the batc…