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How to Solve the Issue between Google Drive sync and Windows Security ransomware protection feature?
New Windows has a feature called Ransomware Protection in Windows Settings >> Windows Security.
I use this feature to protect the folder of Google Drive.
However, it doesn't go well. At the ...
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Minio mc sync deletes target before syncing updates
I'm trying to use the MinIO mc mirror command to regularly sync from a bucket to a file system. I've read the documentation but there is no mention of atomically replacing files on a new sync:
https://...
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How to move files from an Android Phone (Pixel) to a Windows PC?
I'm having a lot of problems with this, and not found any kind of resolution in the last 2 years.
I would simply like to get the contents of an entire folder on my Pixel 7 Pro and move them to my ...
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Issues with unlinking OneDrive account from folders - alphanumeric keys in registry
I did a clean install of Windows 11. I didn't experience this issue before since I would do an "offline" setup of Windows without an account login, but it's a pain to do this with Windows 11....
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Add a specific folder to OneDrive, outside of "My Documents" [duplicate]
I know the following dialog box in the OneDrive settings.
But how can I add an arbitrary folder to OneDrive sync, which is outside of "My Documents", "My Music", "My Pictures&...
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Difference between /D and /J options for mklink command when syncing folders to OneDrive
I want to sync a large folder on my Windows machine to OneDrive without duplicating it on my local drive. I have read two tutorials suggesting using the mklink command to create a link between the ...
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ffmpeg -vsync deprecated, use -fps_mode
I used to use -vsync -1 to Auto Sync a Audio and Video input stream using the -copy switch as they would get out of sync at times and sometimes not so can't specify any seconds for a delay setting but ...
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Remote desktop audio lag
Why when using remote desktop, when playing a video, my keyboard executions are almost perfectly in sync with the image on the screen, but the there is like a 1 second audio delay and sometimes 2 ...
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How to back up Documents with OneDrive, while also using another cloud service?
I use OneDrive for Business on Windows 11 and I want to back up the Documents folder on my harddrive to OneDrive.
In the OneDrive settings I go to "Sync and backup > Manage backup". Here, ...
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Dropbox synch, 1 file missing, how identify the file?
I just synched Drobox between my old Windows 10 laptop (the source) and my new Window 11 desktop (the target). I then did a Windows Properties on the Dropbox folder on both machines.
On the source:
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Sync shared folder in Onedrive to external/guest Azure users
I'm looking for a way to synchronise a shared folder on OneDrive to a guest user in our company on Azure.
Basically, we created an external guest user in Azure and then shared a OneDrive folder to him....
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Does Windows 11 synchronise installed apps so that you can restore system or switch to a new PC quickly?
I'm trying to keep everything in sync principally through the Microsoft account, including To Do tasks, Windows settings and more so that I don't have to set up everything again everytime I do a ...
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how to exclude specific file from onedirve syncing
I know how to exclude files with specific extensions, but files that doesn't have them how to exclude them by exact filename?
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One Google Drive Account, Multiple Windows Users
There are two similar questions to this one that I can find: here and here. I am in this situation, and wondering if anything has changed in 9 years: I want one (1) (count 'em one) Google Drive ...
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How would I keep a live database directory atomically synchronized with other local disks on Windows 10?
I run PostgreSQL 14.1 on Windows 10 (Pro). The computer has multiple internal storage disks. The PostgreSQL "data directory" is set to C:\whatever\PGDB.
I do make full backups daily, but ...
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windows sync center error "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process."
When i press offline available on a folder on LAN then its start syncing but nothing syncs and gives error for each file in folder "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by ...
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stop Sync between laptop and pc
I have a problem between my laptop and pc because the applications on the background are the same, idk how to turn this off even though I turned off the sync option in windows itself.
For example, if ...
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How to Sync My Windows Server time to user
We are using a Windows Server 2012 R2 in our Company, and we have active directory with 100+ users. but we are facing a issue, When our user restart their computers, their computers aren't syncing ...
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Best way to sync windows services between two servers?
I'm wanting to bring an older company server back in the deployment loop and was looking at the Robocopy cmd. So of course it can easily sync files and all that good stuff, but I'm wondering if ...
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is there a way to sort of sync the contents within 2 or more folders to another folder?
So, while I have found methods that could be used to sync one folder to another singular folder, I have no found a method that could be used to reliably sync the contents of multiple folders to a ...
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How to sync OneDrive even when I'm signed-out from the computer?
I work on a server computer and have setup OneDrive. Sync is working fine.
The folder into which the files get synced is shared on the network.
When I sign-out from my computer, the OneDrive sync ...
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Google Drive: is it possible to restore the way how the service worked in the past, using the folder instead of virtual partition?
I use Windows 10 X64 Pro and I pay the annual fee for the 2TB Google Drive service as a private.
Originally, Google Drive service worked using a simple folder on a local drive where put all the stuff ...
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Copy, mirror or synchronize a directory structure -- but only the file names, without content
Say I have a huge directory structure of movie files.
For analysis of that structure, I want to copy or synchronize the entire directory structure, i.e. folders and files.
However, I don't want to ...
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Windows Time Sync issues cmd.exe & svchost running
I have a strange issue that is happening with our time syncing error for a computer at work.
Randomly the PC changes time to a year,few minutes, hours back. Example: before the glitch it will be ...
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how to roll back OneDrive changes to Desktop, Document, and Pictures folders?
I have a Windows 10 laptop with Microsoft OneDrive installed however I haven't been using it until tonight when I did a Sign-in. OneDrive stepped me through a couple of prompts and then I realized ...
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How turn off Mendeley Desktop automatically syncing
Using the Mendeley Desktop Application, all references added to the library will be automatically 'synced', i.e. uploaded. How can I stop Mendeley's automatic synchronization?
User -> Preferences ...
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Map Google Drive to drive letter
Google Drive has recently updated the desktop file sync client from the old Backup and Sync to a new system. With the old program, I used net use at the Windows Command Prompt, e.g. net use r: "\...
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How can I add a folder that's on another drive to Dropbox?
My C drive is a NVME m.2 high speed drive and D drive is a pretty slow old drive. I have my Dropbox folder on D:\Dropbox. Normally I do my programming stuff on C:\projects, since C drive is fast and I ...
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Outlook 2016 stopped syncing IMAP folders. Sync only when INBOX folder is active
A few days ago I caught a glitch on MS Windows server - MS Outlook 2016 stopped correctly synchronizing mail via IMAP from a Linux server (Dovecot + Exim). The problem: i send a letter on my mailbox (...
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Upload files into GDrive then delete locally
Is there any settings in Gdrive windows Sync app, or any other third party app that allows auto uploading file to GDrive then delete the local file.
The idea behind the deleting is to protect the ...
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Checking in Windows file explorer if a file or folder is synced with Onedrive
When browsing my files and folders, is it possible to see somehow in Windows file explorer if a folder or a file is synced with Onedrive? I know that it can be seen in the Onedrive folder but can I ...
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How could i make a mirrored (sync) hard link copy of files from different folders on windows?
I'm trying to create hard link entries from a folders content into another folder, but synced in such a way that any files deleted from one (or the target) will be deleted from the other.
There is one ...
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I have trouble with OneDrive
I received a 'Continue setting up Windows' prompt on my device. During the set-up, I accidentally synced my PC storage to OneDrive. Whatever I delete in OneDrive is deleted in my PC. My phone is also ...
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How folder modification time affects unison file synchronization? (Windows)
I used unison to mirror a folder in Windows (using options -force and -times).
It worked well, but the folders modification time has changed in the destination and now original and new folders differs ...
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Windows 10 clipboard sync not working
I have two windows 10 laptops both on the latest version of Widows 10 Pro (20H2). I've logged in using the same Microsoft account on both. Have another account on one pc but I added the common ...
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(How) can I use BackBlaze to synch a few key data files between Windows & Android?
Can I install the BackBlaze client on both Windows and Android, and then synch files, no matter which device updates them?
I am thinking of only a very few key data files, such as my Keepass password ...
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Error handling in Batch script when a batch script failed
I am trying to run a batch file via a batch script and when the batch file is failing I want to print an error as Sync failed if it passes I want to print a message as Sync success
So when my script ...
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Chrome sync keeps on getting paused
For the past 3-6 months, Chrome has started to pause itself randomly. I can't tell whether this happens overnight or across reboots because it happens intermittently. I went through all the usual ...
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How do I find my OneNote notebooks so I can back them up before doing a complete system wipe?
Okay so there are many issues with this. I've worked mostly offline recently for OneNote, so nothing I synced to the web. I use the desktop app for the program. Under X account, when I try to log in ...
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OneDrive Screw Up (How to Repair)
Long, weird, story.
We ordered a laptop. It has a short: shocks us, completely crashes, and reboots. We’re sending it back.
We ordered an AIO as a replacement. Works fine.
Wife had stuff on the laptop....
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Would it be possible to configure the WinSCP to start already logged and with the synchronization on?
I do need that as soon as the computer is turned on, the program WinSCP starts, logs in and synchronizes a local folder with a folder on the server.
That is, there a three distinct points:
Get ...
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New Windows 10 computer has desktop icons from old computer that don't work
I was trying to search for this, but I'm not finding any relevant results.
I bought a new laptop, because my old one was getting too slow. During setup I selected some option to sync activities ...
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Exclude specific file types or large files from OneDrive syncing
As described in the title I would like to exclude some files from syncing to my (personal) OneDrive to save some space.
I have some folders that I wish to sync but in some of them there are quite ...
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Sync Outlook on PC with Android Phone (Calendar, Contacts, Tasks and Notes)
I have researched this extensively online and in SE, but I'm finding it hard to believe that in 2020 there is no native solution for synchronizing Outlook on a PC (calendar, contacts, tasks and notes) ...
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How to remove OneDrive sync status icons on Desktop
I'm on Windows 10 and I have a question regarding OneDrive sync status icons. Usually, these are displayed in the File Explorer next to the file. I have Desktop sync set up in OneDrive so all my files ...
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How do I share a project and files across macOS and PC?
I use Camtasia for video editing. I keep the recorded video files on Google Drive. Google Drive syncs the files across both computers without any issue. However, the files end up in different paths ...
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What is the correct RoboCopy command for my intended sync job?
I've never used RoboCopy before and I'd like to make sure a particular operation goes smoothly. I've built an OpenMediaVault NAS and I previously copied all my relevant files to it from my Windows 10 ...
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Robocopy always detects files as "newer" if destination is OneDrive synced
I'm trying to use robocopy to mirror files from a CIFS file share to a SharePoint library via the OneDrive sync client.
Something I've noticed is that all the files get re-copied each time I run ...
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How to install rclone mount on Windows 10?
I followed the instructions mentioned on the main site by opening the CMD and typing this command line,
C:\Users\***\OneDrive\Desktop\rclone-v1.51.0-windows-amd64>rclone mount gdrive: E:
where ...
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installed NSSM service is only performed once
OS: Windows 10
I have a batch file that syncs two local folders.
:loop
robocopy C:\Folder_A C:\Folder_B /E /MIR
timeout 20
Goto loop
When I open it manually it works just fine.
I have installed ...
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