Saving to iCloud 12.3 on Windows 10

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bhochstrasser

Greetings! I am using FreeFileSync 11.10
Windows 10 Home, Version 2004, OS build 19041.985
iCloud 12.3 (I think)

Issue: I use FFS to mirror my BlueIris security camera folder with my iCloud folder, and it has been working flawlessly. I even use RealTimeSynce to keep it current.

I was having an issue with iCloud where it uses this massive iCloudStaging folder that was filling up my hard drive, and I saw comments online about upgrading to the latest iCloud version as they had improved how they sync. Unfortunately, this new iCloud version doesn't play well with FFS. Looks like the process creates a .tmp file, and then tries to move it, but that step is failing.

I've attached the error I'm receiving:

Cannot move file
Error code 0x17b: The operation is not supported by the cloud sync provider. [MoveFileEx]
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xCSxXenon

Disable "fail-safe" file copying
tmp files is controlled from Tools->Options->Fail-safe file copy
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bhochstrasser

Thank you! That fixed it!