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Correct, task scheduler. So, then you are saying I can just ignore that message unless I change a setting in the batch file that says not to stop syncing if errors happen.

If you are logged into OneDrive on both devices, shouldn't it already be kept in sync? There will be some delay of course, but the whole point of OneDrive is to have your data sync…

For the smartphone, MTP is likely they root issue, and MTP sucks [URL] For the USB drive, it could have failing NAND, failing controller, or the VeraCrypt layer is causing an issue…

Hi @xCSxXenon thanks. You're right. Was not as comfortable as expected, but after several runs over single folder and folder groups I found the differences and could copy thePost m…

Hello, We would like to know whether it is possible for the program to continue to run without reporting an error and ignore the error. However, it can still be seen in the log tha…

Great, thank you for your help. Now I understand :)

Or use [URL]. This moves files deleted or overwritten by your sync to a user-defined location instead of to the Recycle bin (or instead of Permanently loosing those previous versio…

After investigating drive in Linux, it is dying, bunch of bad relocated sectors, errors reading some others, also was some permissions on some folders I think was causing issues as…

oooh that is interesting and would explain what I am experiencing However it would be really nice if that was a possibility: a mode to select ANY vs ALL I realize I could run multi…

VeraCrpyt has been known to cause that issue [URL]

[Quote] No. Compared to Google's size, neither an individual or a program-community our size is even a blip on the radar

Thank you Plerry - as you suggest one side of the sync is on cloud storage and that is where the previous versions of the *.ffs.db files are located.

If the folder-structure within the left and right base location you select is identical, you should be able to use FreeFileSync to Compare, and if necessary Sync between those two …

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You were sent a unique link to your donation edition download page, you have to use that

Thanks, it will save times each 6 months ;-) Resolved

Batch files don't meet my current requirement, which is to see the files (and times) on both sides before initiating a transfer. Once the process started, I no longer need to see i…

With the help of cronjobs, I zip my files on the website and store them on my webhosting. Then I synchronise these files to google drive via freefilesync with the help of ftp conne…

Solved with dude [URL]

To be honest, the need to keep that timestamp intact is incredibly rare. The positives that come with these features severely outweigh the consequences for 99.99% of users and uses…

1) Nothing special. Use the same FFS configuration setup and the same locations, should be fine. 2) No, FFS doesn't include any 'duplication detection' features 3) Versioning is pe…

Could it be that Z:\AARC\4\MK\Final is your Versioning location? Or perhaps there are one or more symbolic links pointing to Z:?

I bought a Toshiba Canvio Basics external hard drive and it works. I wish I knew why my Dell Optiplexes won't read or write USB thumb drives.

It's probably 15 years since I last needed to restore deleted files. Back in the day "GetDataBack for NTFS" was the only tool that worked for me.

For the source-side (source => portable-drive), this sounds a lot like what I suggested as a Fast option or variant in [URL] reply. Let's see if Zenju is open to it. For the destin…

I’ve been using two ways sync for a year and never had a problem. A couple of days ago something wrong happened and I lost main subdirectories of two important directories on both …

> How can I set them all correctly in accordance with my requirements? Then use the Custom sync variant. In that variant you can customize which actions are taken for the different…

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Found it Thank you

You could select the first entry of each group, press F2, and prefix with a number.

FAT32 kind of sucks and does have some timestamp limitations. If you run a compare in FFS, check what the timestamps are of the files in Google Drive, they may be outside the range…

Haven't seen it or heard of it. Try uninstalling the current version and rebooting

[Quote] Hello Larcc1 As in [URL] topic before v13 it was written in the FAQ and I think that in the licence as well that it was free for private and commercial use. I've seen this …

Hi Allen, you can download various old versions of FTP Synchronizer from those links. Here you can find version 7.0.15.115 [URL] Here you can find the following versions: 8.0 6.3.1…

For clarity, FreeFileSync (FFS) sync configurations files have either a .ffs_gui or a .ffs_batch extension, never a plain .batch extension. There are two ways to save FFS sync conf…

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Hello, in some cases we are having difficulty logging into Google Drive, the message below appears, we have already removed our Google Chrome profile, changed browsers but it persi…

@xCSxXenon ok, that clears it, many thanks for your explanations!

just tested - working top. many thanks

many thx - working now