Can't Sync drive to drive?

[tsaw]

I used to use a program that if you used source: F:\ and destination: G:\ the program would Sync the drives root and all directories/sub directories. But when I try using the above in FreeFileSync, I get an error message that says:
Cannot set directory lock for "F:\".

Cannot write file "F:\sync.ffs_lock".

Error Code 5: Access is denied. (CreateFile

If I choose a source directory on F:\ and an Existing dir on G:\ , it works as expected.
How can I Sync the entire drive, without manually adding and creating all the directories?

[Plerry]

The message seems clear enough: you don't seem to have the proper rights to write "F:\sync.ffs_lock".
Did you try running FFS with Admin rights?

[tsaw]

Yes you are right. Running as Admin solved the problem.

[adriensf]

Also, if you run the synchronization using the batch file created by FFS, then you can't "Run as Admin" because this option is not available in the right-click menu.
What you need to do in that case is to set the FreeFileSync program itself to run as Admin, not the batch. To do so:

- Go in the folder where FFS is installed (on my computer it's C:\Program Files\FreeFileSync\)
- Right click on the FreeFileSync.exe file (the one with the two green arrows)
- Properties
- Compatibility tab
- Check the box "Run this porgram as an administrator"
- Click Apply
- Click Ok

Now you should be able to double-click the batch file without having the error you mentioned.