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(I'll grant you, that particular file does compress extremely well. Didn't have it, so downloaded it & sure enough 700KB. Threw libavcodec_plugin.dll & aticaldd64.dll, both ~16 MB to ARJ/7-zip, & size knocked down to ~6 MB.) The CompactOS Since I didn't know, Should you compress C drive ...

Staring at the pictures certainly did help. But what you did not understand, or pick up from that (& nor did I), is what Zenju said (above): This line suggests that you have "recycle bin" selected, not "versioning". For "versioning" the info message would be differe...

Just some links. In particular "some SSD lifespan" would seem to be wrong. (And supposedly SSD lifespan, in general, is a non-issue these days.) I'll also note that except for maybe Windows Explorer, other utilities (?) may not "show" the compression (so you may not particularly ...

See also, Pausing a sync appears to not stop I/O ?

On the SFTP page, do you set or do you need to set, 'Directory on server:' ?

What version of Sonic &/or Nahimic drivers?
Might there be an update Nahimic driver available to you?

Did the Beta that I installed over my donation version remove the benefits of that version?

Yes (it "removed" them).
See if Donation features are available in the Beta (like, I think Parallel under Comparison settings).

> when opening FFS

Version?
OS?
Does the same happen if you were to restart your computer into Safe Mode?

Might the directory name or file name contain a period?
Might a directory exist with the same name as the filename?

You are using FFS 13.1 ? Yes (he was). (That too is, looking again, now, obvious from his .png screenshot.) Not sure what you mean by PNG Only that the .docx file you posted, contained a .png screenshot. (Ordinarily, I can't do anything with .docx, so I did not see what was in there - before, until...

Heh. OK, then maybe a bit more detail, explanation, might be needed ;-).
(When I looked, just now, I looked at 13.1 changes. And when I looked at 13.0's it must not have "clicked" as to what that might or might not have meant.)

but Windows file copying indeed got changed a bit Should that not be documented in the change log? Not necessarily in detail or anything, but at least on a conceptual level? That way when one looks (& assuming they do) at the change log & then sees of or hears of issues, they can say, "...

What version of FFS?

Is this a new issue for you?

Did the update to Sonoma coincide with the issue?

Oh, so if you extract the .docx, you can find an actual .png. That helps. So tell us about "Trust.pdf". On one end, it is dated 10/16/2017. I take it that it dated the very same on the other? (Or is it?) And the sizes are the same (which we can see). (So what I've alluded to above in in fa...

Do you also have, "Update database file to detect changes", enabled? Best I can tell (& I really can't from your shots), but it looks like you do have that setting enabled (to use the database [& that change/feature only happened, very recently - which could account for your "...

. D:\Users\Guy\Nextcloud\Entreprise D:\Users\Guy\Documents\Entreprise Looks to be different. But if I'm understanding correctly... in the case of the .lnk file, it appears to not be the case? . D:\Users\Guy\Documents\Entreprise\Fournisseurs\incendie\Entretien VMC + extincteurs - Raccourci.lnk D:\Us...

? Owner & Group getting changed to 0?

I am using Synchronize Update

Do you also have, "Update database file to detect changes", enabled?

If so, & if you modified said files outside the purview of FFS, that could lead to your issue.

(I'll assume FFS does not support ftpes [something I'd never heard of before].
FTPS vs. FTPES: Which Should You Use?)

(Not sure that FTP has any bearing on the issue, particularly.) Might be a case where Resetting archive attribute on copied files could be of benefit (if it existed). If after a sync (& I guess, an Update-like sync at that), the archive attribute is reset. Then on the next scan, any source files...

I guess I should also mention, that I have never bothered with the 'Overview' area, the "Folder tree" (if you will), because for me, it's pretty much like (again), who cares (& in that respect, I didn't particularly realize that it displayed various "folders". Likewise, I kee...

xxx31.mp4 OK, sometimes? So I guess what is happening is something like... I don't show = (equal) files (cause like, who cares, they're equal). And so in some cases, in most cases for me, what I "see", is: > Parent | Directory | File And in my /mind/ if I <sp> on the "Directory"...

I didn't see "error_not_authenticated" specifically, but maybe something in here, WNetAddConnection2?

Everything worked before updating to version 13

If you (update to 13.1, or) revert to 12.5, does your sync again work?
https://freefilesync.org/archive.php

FFS is not designed to copy from "many" to "1".
It is designed on the concept of directory pairs.

Versioning might do something for you, but again only in the context of directory pairs.

from the windows task manager I have full access to the folder Are "task manager" & "I have" one in the same? As in does task manager & "I" run with different credentials? If outside of task manager, if "I" (you), who has full access to the folder, &q...

You have to be very specific about what you "select" & how you go about removing said items from selection. Spacebar will only remove individual (or all selected) items. To remove an entire directory (tree), spacebar will not work. (Used to, I kind of remember, in the past? Cannot Excl...

Is not "PartitionMagic" a couple decades, old? So then, what is "Partition Magic"? I recovered the folders and files ... and I can see the folders with their files and their correct file names and size but when I try to open the files it tells me the file is corrupt And what is t...

So you only want the file, FirstRun, & nothing else (in the particular directory)?

Any other "firstrun's" in that directory?

Set an Include Filter of (only); firstrun*


Otherwise, explain further?

I think it's because you are using Two-way, & using .db, & you (now) have files that were modified "externally" - outside the purview of the .db files, & because of that FFS does not know how to proceed (automatically). (There was a somewhat recent thread along this lines [but ...

AFAIK, there is not a way to set it to default to that.
(I'd like it.)


(Related, kind of, The Default Sync Method Should Be - Update :-).)