Hi, guys!
Appreciate to this amazing tool! Made my work much easier from tediously repetitious trivia!
But I was wondering, did I miss something?
Sometime I just renamed lots of folder, and this software would rewrite everything instead of only rename folders which is obviously more quick.
Is it possible to add within next new version?
Thanks again.
Rename folder instead of rewrite all
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Try checkmarking Detect Moved Files.
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Thank you very much
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Another option that worked for me:
Renaming folders that contain a massive amount of files or large files can trigger extreme copy/delete updates to be suggested, potentially involving hundreds of gigabytes.
To avoid this I did the following:
1. Before renaming a folder MAKE CERTAIN that the file sync for that folder set is current
2. External to FreeFileSync, use a program to rename both the source and target folders to be identical
3. In FFS, delete the existing FreeFileSync sync job that covers the renamed folder set
4. Now create a new sync job that includes the newly renamed folders.
This has worked well for me in those special situations.
Renaming folders that contain a massive amount of files or large files can trigger extreme copy/delete updates to be suggested, potentially involving hundreds of gigabytes.
To avoid this I did the following:
1. Before renaming a folder MAKE CERTAIN that the file sync for that folder set is current
2. External to FreeFileSync, use a program to rename both the source and target folders to be identical
3. In FFS, delete the existing FreeFileSync sync job that covers the renamed folder set
4. Now create a new sync job that includes the newly renamed folders.
This has worked well for me in those special situations.
