File update never finishes. FreeFileSync_x64.exe stay running until I restart the pc.

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Joined: 29 Dec 2022

Edokyar

My environment:
Windows 10 home, version 22H2 (OS Build 19045.5555)
FreeFileSync Version 14.2 64 Bit Donation Edition

Source drive contains a folder named "Test" with one text file in it named "Raystest.txt".
Destination drive contains an empty folder named "Test".

Using the FFS gui, I attempt to update the folder named "Test" on the target drive.

Before starting the target drive I update, I open the target drive and the target folder named "Test".

I start the update.

First, I see a file named "sync.ffs_lock" appear
Then I see a file named "Raystest-4ebf.ffs_tmp" appear

And that's it.

It never goes any further.
The procedure never completes. (The file named "Raystest-4ebf.ffs_tmp" needs to be renamed to "Raystest.txt" and the files named "sync.ffs_lock" needs to be removed.
But neither thing ever happens.

The FreeFileSync UI shows "Synchronizing" and a bar keeps moving across the UI but it never completed.
It will do this forever.

No log files are ever created.

If I try to end FreeFileSync the application hangs and "FreeFileSync_64.exe" stays in memory and cannot be ended.

The only option I have is to restart the Windows 10 pc.

It's important to note that I can manually copy the file "Raystest.txt" from the source drive to the folder named "Test" on the target drive without issue.

I'm so confused.

Any ideas ?
I'd sure appreciate some help.
Thanks.

I've attached an image of what I see when the "Synchronizing" process is occurring.
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Posts: 4
Joined: 29 Dec 2022

Edokyar

This has been resolved.
I needed to grant FreeFileSync access to my Google account.

I have been using FFS for a couple of years now to sync my laptop to my Google drive.
A week or so ago, FFF began behaving badly during an update to my google drive.

After some trial and error, I discovered FFF no longer had access to my Google account (for some reason).

Anyway, things are working great once again.