SyncToy for Windows XP, free download

re: SyncToy for Windows XP, free download

Phillip Molly Malone — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 16:11:03 GMT

Hey Dude,
Its pretty good, but lacks the Automatic and Scheduled of something like my favourite Sync tool, Allway Sync. If you like this, you'll freak when you see/use Allway.

Check out my review of it at:
http://mollyzine-podcasting.blogspot.com/2005/08/allway-sync-perfect-sync-tool-for.html

Its a little old, some of the new Auto Sync options are very slick.

Check it out.
Molly
PS. Can't wait for the Final Test to start next week.

re: SyncToy for Windows XP, free download

alexbarn — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 18:18:52 GMT

Hey Molly, thanks for the pointer, Allway Sync looks good, but costs $19.99...

Re: scheduling, you're right the SyncToy (free) doesn't do this from its interface, but it can be run as a Scheduled Task from Windows:

"SyncToy does not provide a user interface to schedule folder pairs to run at designated times. However, there is a method to schedule tasks using the Microsoft© Windows© operating system.

To schedule a task using the operating system:

1. From the Start menu, select All Programs - Accessories - System Tools - Scheduled Tasks.

2. Select Add scheduled task to start the Scheduled Task Wizard. You will see a list of possible programs to run.

3. SyncToy may appear as an option in the list. If SyncToy does not appear in the list, click Browse and go find it.

4.The wizard will next prompt you to enter how often you want to run the scheduled SyncToy (for example, daily, weekly, et cetera). Select a frequency.

5. The next page asks when to start the task. Select a start time.

6. The next page asks for the user name and password to run the program under. Enter your user name and password.

7. The final page contains an option to open the properties dialog when the wizard ends. Select this checkbox.

8. Modify the Run textbox to include the –R command line option. –R all by itself will run all folder pairs that are active for run all. If you want to run just a single folder pair, add –R“My Pair” to the end of the command line. Note: there is a space before the hyphen but not one after the R. If the folder pair name contains a space, surround it with quotation marks, as the example above shows. For another example, assume that SyncToy is in the folder named C:\My Folder and that you want to run a folder pair named "My folder pair." Enter the command line as follows, including the quotation marks: "C:\My Folder\SyncToy.exe" -R"My folder pair." Note that there are two sets of quotation marks in this case: one is around the path to the SyncToy program file and the other surrounds the folder pair name.

re: SyncToy for Windows XP, free download

mollyfud — Sat, 03 Sep 2005 02:05:58 GMT

Hi Alex,
There is a free version for personal use, but it does have a usage test of this and my use for syncing podcast definitely hit this but in my case, the autosyncing when I plug in the device was worth the A$26 that I paid for it.

Molly

re: SyncToy for Windows XP, free download

TexPlo — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 07:44:30 GMT

Hello - if you need an advanced file synchronization and file backup software for Windows give a try to ViceVersa at http://www.tgrmn.com
It is not free, but what you can do with it is well worth the price.

re: SyncToy for Windows XP, free download

Instant Copyright — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 15:50:00 GMT

Free and very pro functions:

UktraBackup 4.2

www.astase.com

Why to pay more ?

re: SyncToy for Windows XP, free download

Ryan — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 23:08:53 GMT

<A HREF="http://www.visualcron.com">VisualCron</A> is the best among the scheduled task alternatives.

Ryan

re: SyncToy for Windows XP, free download

Colin J. — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 19:56:43 GMT

Here's a short script I wrote to automate my use of SyncToy. Basically it looks for a file at the root level of each drive present and if that file is found fires off a specific SyncToy job.

'
' a very short script to run the synctoy tool if a drive is found
' with a file called .BackupDrive or .KeychainDrive at the root level.
'
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set Drives = fso.Drives
'
' iterate through the available drives and look for the
' .BackupDrive or .KeychainDrive file.
'
For Each DiskDrive in Drives
strBackupDriveFile = DiskDrive.DriveLetter & _
":\.BackupDrive"
strKeychainDriveFile = DiskDrive.DriveLetter & _
":\.KeychainDrive"
If ( DiskDrive.IsReady ) Then
If ( fso.FileExists( strBackupDriveFile ) ) Then
Set fsoBackupDriveFile = fso.OpenTextFile(strBackupDriveFile, 2, True)
Set objFSO = Wscript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objShell = Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
strFolderPair = """backup my docs"""
objShell.Run "SyncToy.exe -R" & strFolderPair
strDate = now
fsoBackupDriveFile.Write(strDate)
fsoBackupDriveFile.Close
End If
If ( fso.FileExists( strKeychainDriveFile ) ) Then
Set fsoKeychainDriveFile = fso.OpenTextFile(strKeychainDriveFile, 2, True)
Set objFSO = Wscript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objShell = Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
strFolderPair = """update keychain drive"""
objShell.Run "SyncToy.exe -R" & strFolderPair
strDate = now
fsoKeychainDriveFile.Write(strDate)
fsoKeychainDriveFile.Close
End If
End If
Next

re: SyncToy for Windows XP, free download

alexbarn — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 20:10:36 GMT

oh cool, thanks Colin!

re: SyncToy for Windows XP, free download

DOES NOT WORK — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 18:50:16 GMT

If I have .NET 2.0 installed only it will not work, why must I install old 1.1 runtimes? Can you build a 2.0 compatible version? Stupid.

re: SyncToy for Windows XP, free download

Mike — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:52:32 GMT

Yes, why must this 'old' version be installed to get the tool running? And why does it not run without admin rights?

re: SyncToy for Windows XP, free download

carsten A — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 12:57:39 GMT

Hi there,

Is there anyone who can tell me if it is possible to make a folderpair, that anyone on the server can access. I am trying to use synctoy with citrix, and will make something like - R"generel_sync_folder_set"
If e.g an administrator has made a folder set, another user cannot see that set when logged in.
I cannot see where syntoy saves it's settings ????

re: SyncToy for Windows XP, free download

alexbarn — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 06:41:55 GMT

Carsten, your best bet is to post the question at this newsgroup:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups/reader.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.windowsxp.photos&mid=c10f5e29-06ac-47cf-b6fc-d308e311da71

(microsoft.public.windowsxp.photos)

good luck!

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re: SyncToy for Windows XP, free download

Thomas Lindberg — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 14:21:39 GMT

SyncToy requires .Net Framework. When downloading that from MS I get .Net 2.0.
SyncToy continues to require .Net 1.1, it doesn't accept .Net 2.0.

I do not get out of this Catch22 situation. Sloppy, MS!

re: SyncToy for Windows XP, free download

alexbarn — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 20:49:16 GMT

Thomas - you can download .Net 1.1 from here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=262D25E3-F589-4842-8157-034D1E7CF3A3

You can run .Net Frawemorks 1.1 and 2.0 on you machine side by side so there is no need to unistall 2.0 to run apps that use 1.1

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