Copying archived files - corrupted files

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Joined: 22 Jul 2026

Kapanther

Im trying to use FFS to copy files that are archived using windows server, they display the little brown box icon. But free file sync does not seem to copy them correctly, they come out corrupted on the other side.

If i copy these files with a regular windows copy or with a script they work fine and i can open the files on both sides. It just seems like FFS doesnt resolve the archive file path the same.

Any ideas on how to fix this? I did try ticking on "Follow" on the symbolic links. But that does not seem to do anything.

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therube

> files that are archived using windows server

Explain?
So Windows Server stores backup files in a ZIP container (or similar)?

> they display the little brown box icon

What meaning is little brown box icon intended to convey?

> FFS doesnt resolve the archive file path the same

Example of what this archive file/path is, & what it resolves to?
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xCSxXenon

Is that not an icon that OneDrive uses to display that the item is in the cloud but is not yet locally downloaded?