Invalid checksum in "FreeFileSync" for Win 10

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Sigi

Hello FORUM!
I have (for a long time already) a problem
with "FreeFileSync" for Windows 10.
For more see attachment: .jpg file.
Greetings from Germany
Sigmund
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xCSxXenon

Delete that "sync.ffs_db" file and try again
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therube

I'll just point out the "very often" bit, which you would think you should not be running into, very often:
I get then very often (not always!!) this error message: cannot be read, the file content is corrupt (invalid checksum)
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Zenju

Delete that "sync.ffs_db" file and try again xCSxXenon, 15 Nov 2022, 17:04

This has been fixed for the next release:
FreeFileSync 11.28
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Recover from corrupted database file
That was a regression compared to older releases. FreeFileSync will automatically overwrite a corrupted DB file, if the error is ignored.