Questions tagged [synctoy]
A popular free utility from Microsoft for file synchronization.
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Folder names become UPPERCASE when syncing to FAT32 drive?
I have started experiencing this very strange issue in the last few months. I did not have this issue before and I do not know what is causing it now.
I am using SyncToy 2.1 on Windows 10. I am ...
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How to start a specific program when another computer connects to the network?
I recently purchased a desktop in addition to the laptop I own.
After a bad experience with lost pictures, I would like to automatically back up photos from the laptop to the desktop.
For this, I ...
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Why does SyncToy backup all folders except for one?
I have noticed that when I do a full backup over the weekend, it backs up for all the folders except for one.
I thought that it could be taking to long to do the backup and it ends on Monday when ...
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How to best recover archived folder which appears as a file on NTFS drive?
I archived a folder to an external HDD and kept it in sync with another one using Sync Toy. Now I see that the folder appears as a 0 byte file on both HDDs. Everything else is fine and readable.
I am ...
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How to mimic Echo sync mode using rsync commandline?
The MS tool SyncToy, has 3 intuitive sync modes (N.B. sync NOT backup), to sync two folders.
One of them is:
Echo which looks for changes (file modifications, new files, renames, deletes) in the ...
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Can I use Microsoft SyncToy to auto-backup my drives without me taking action?
Can I use Microsoft SyncToy to backup my drives without me taking action? I want to to back up often, like every 30 minutes.
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How do you move a desktop icon offscreen?
I am using Microsoft's SyncToy in Windows 7 to do backups between several locations, including my desktop. Unfortunately, SyncToy stores metadata in hidden .dat files that it leaves wherever it backs ...
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Sync network directory in a dropbox-like fasion but without cloud upload [closed]
Some may think that this is a repost of a previous quistion, but I have been looking at a lot of post and tried a lot of tools - but none gave me what I want.
I really like dropbox and use it a lot ...
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synctoy won't install with intel pentium M 755.2 GHz
I cannot sync files with synctoy from my laptop because it will not install, presumably because laptop is only 755.2 Mhz intel pentium m (synctoy says it needs 1000GH computer). Is there a solution (...
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Mirror a Dropbox repository in Sharepoint and restrict access
I'm looking for an elegant way to solve the following problem:
My development team uses Dropbox for sharing documents amongst our immediate group. We'd like to put some of those documents into a ...
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Looking for a smart sync tool that exactly copies the structure of the source to that of the destination [closed]
I am a Windows 7 user and looking for a sync tool that exactly copies the structure of the source to that of the destination.
The scenario is as follows:
I have a laptop in which I save my daily ...
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Can SyncToy run synchronously for All Folder Pairs?
I'm running two SyncToy folder pairs under the All Folder Pairs option. The first item synchronizes files which are then used by the second folder pair. As such the first folder pair needs to complete ...
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Exclude files from synctoy run
I have a family friend i set up a basic backup for them which backs up their whole user directory as a folder pair with synctoy.
However each time it runs it reports read errors on about 20-25 files ...
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How do I change the order that SyncToy runs folder pairs?
I've setup some folder pairs to run with SyncToy 2.1. Now I want to "Run All" but I want to run them in a different order to which I added them. Is there a way to change the order that the sync pairs ...
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Alternative for SyncToy that smart-deletes existing files on target drive
I'm currently running Windows 7 x64 with a secondary data drive encrypted with Truecrypt. For the past 6 months or so I have been backing up the files on this drive manually to two other drives; using ...
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