Backup User folders

Get help for specific problems
Posts: 6
Joined: 12 May 2014

athegn

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.
User avatar
Site Admin
Posts: 7313
Joined: 9 Dec 2007

Zenju

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".
Posts: 6
Joined: 12 May 2014

athegn

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?
Posts: 6
Joined: 12 May 2014

athegn

Set up four folder pairs. Works ok