I want to help someone to backup, ideally, just the following (each of the four folders will have sub-folders)
C:\Users\username\My Documents\anotherfolder
C:\Users\username\My Music
C:\Users\username\My Pictures
C:\Users\usernam\eMy Videos
How do I setup FreeFileSync to backup these files to a memory stick plugged into the laptop?
We really don't want all the other stuff that C:\User\username seems to hold; C:\User\username seems the only path high enough up the chain to pickup all these required folders.
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You can either use multiple folder pairs or use a single folder pair with `C:\Users\username` on source side and appropriate include filters for "My Documents\anotherfolder, My Music, My Pictures, My Videos".
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Thank you.
I can see that filters would be the way to go but it looks to me as if I will have to create many filter rules to exclude all but the four folders I want.
Is it possible to create one exclude rule for everything in C:\Users\username plus four include rules for the four folders?
I can see that filters would be the way to go but it looks to me as if I will have to create many filter rules to exclude all but the four folders I want.
Is it possible to create one exclude rule for everything in C:\Users\username plus four include rules for the four folders?
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Set up four folder pairs. Works ok