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[Quote] That is a more accurate way to say what I was intending to convey

[Quote] This is expected: [URL]

Same situation - posting to follow the thread; thanks!

Nope! FreeFileSync is, as the name suggests, a file synchronization program. For just moving files you need a file manager program, like e.g. Windows File Explorer.

for Windows: Select the files with "blizzard" symbol or (use Control + A to select all) -> right Click -> Set Direction (right or left) By this you can simultaneously change the di…

I put some instructions for compiling FreeFileSync on 64bit Raspberry Pi OS at: [URL] As daviank mentions, the patches from the Debian build, such as these: [URL] are a great resou…

All drives go bad, at least you found out with some time left! To work around these issues, I do this: 1. Pause the sync when it locks up 2. disconnect and reconnect the drive 3. R…

If it works fine on everything besides that drive, it seems logical to me that the drive is the culprit CHKDSK and formatting are really the only things you can try. You could try …

Yes you can, but those added files will only be synced during the next Compare+Sync you run.

Thank you!!

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Hello., I keep getting losts of errors when trying to delete "_tmp" files as they don't exist any more. I tryed to filter out exclude *_tmp But i still get the error 11:13:17 Error…

I found out the new host had a DDOS protection that was preventing my FTP from loading/scanning that large file count folder. With this protection removed I can now scan 900k-1.2m …

RealTimeSync, RTS, can be used to execute any arbitrary command line, launching whatever application (not just FreeFileSync, FFS) upon detecting changes in the monitored directorie…

Hi When doing a Backup I get this error: "C:\Users\Public\OneDrive\Bok.xlsx" till "X:\BackUp\Delat\OneDrive\Bok-290d.ffs_tmp". ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED: Åtkomst nekad. [CopyFileEx] Is t…

Thanks for reply, while: I am a friend of clean directories - and in the actual way EVERY backup creates at least one file. And while the process is capable of finding files older …

Are you able to explore that same pairs of folders from within Windows Explore (or whatever is appropriate) or does W/E also give a "Wait" message?

If you are referring to the "swap sides" button, no

Hi. Thanks for the reply Everything looks correct and i selected it by browsing so not a typo. Not sure about the underscore so will check tommorrow thanks 👍

The best time to implement a good backup strategy is before losing data, but the second best time is after ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Quote] Sorry, my bad. That should obviously have been: Try setting the RunWithBackgroundPriority flag to "true". Note that this flag is a FreeFileSync (FFS) setting, and does not …

Well you can use an alternate GlobalSettings.xml. [URL] You'd have to set it up & use a particular desktop shortcut (or similar) that referenced it...

ok thank you!

Silly me. I forgot about that. Works fine now. I guess I’m used to windows .exe files….. Thanks very much!

thx

Now I have found that I have to turn off Fail safe copy in Tool Options. Now it takes few seconds to sync.

There is a blue arrow you can click during a sync to minimize it to the system tray. [Attachment]

[Quote] This is such a dumb and backhanded statement. Your logic clearly differs from the majority, so this statement only implies that others' logic is wrong and yours is right.

Yes, I carefully read docs. I understand how can I use for may need. Thank you for very power and useful program.

Great, thanks! 👍🏻

You can copy a list of files whithout their relative path manually (uncheck "keep relative path"): [URL]

Try looking into using [URL].

A year later, I would still need and wish for folder (aka directory) versioning. I think it would make the app complete. It would also be worthy as a paid option.

Many thanks Zenju, Yesterday I ckecked the DNS records of your first response and I was able to achieve my goal. At first glance I didn't realize that if I click on the "site" that…

Computer reset... hmm. Have a backup of your web browser "Profile" directory? If so, a URL of, a (browser) history search of, 'freefile thank', might turn up your wanted donation l…

As written in the title, I want to do volumes backup. I know there exists other docker based solutions but they don't seem easy. With Duplicati I have other issues. How do I login …

[Quote] Ah yes. Since only directories are valid options for selection, only they are visible when browsing via this button.

This sounds more like an issue in the FUSE process. Are you sure that the password(s) in the credentials file are correct? Are you sure that the file is actually intact and readabl…

[Quote] This was going to be my next question; whether or not the OP had configured symlinks at all. Weird that it worked until a version update, related or not

If you want to keep the overlay on without the error happening, you can just add *.lock_* in the filters (F7), that solved it for me

Thank you for taking the time to give me so much details. It's all clear for me and on top of it I learnt! No regret I made a donation few days ago and will probably again in the f…

Your donation gets you access to FFS for all platforms. Just visit your unique URL and download the Windows version from there!

Just as a last update. Got the new drive in today. Got it formatted to APFS. FFS pushed a full backup to this drive from the image drive I have 1.25TB in 20 minutes.

Everything is great here Very good, thanks for your help Regards, Michael

Tanks Plerry. Of course, I wll read the notes about that risk. Stefano

Hey, thanks for the fast reply. With the linked beta version, on first sync I get a complaint that the db file is missing (see attachment) but when I click 'ignore' it creates the …

Perfect! Thanks a lot xCSxXenon

If RTS is set to monitor it, RTS will simply wait until the location becomes available again If using Task Scheduler, it will trigger a FFS sync, but that will error out since the …

I have used FreeFileSync on trial for a few months with no problem, but today I updated the version and am now frequently receiving the following error message: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>…

You can probably switch to a 'mirror' sync and achieve that behavior