#Windows folder sync service software#
#Windows folder sync service zip#

In order to do this, close the program and then right-click on the application file and choose Run as Administrator. When you try to check the Autostart button, you will get a message saying you have to start Dsynchronize as an Administrator. Under Timer sync, there are two more options you need to check: Autostart and Autostart as service. This is still not ideal because you have to keep the program window open, but the developer was smart enough to understand that.

Now if you leave the program window open and start adding, removing or updating files in the source or destination folder, you’ll see that the folders are updated automatically without any user intervention.

In order to get the real-time sync, you have to check the Realtime sync box under Special options. Once you have done this, you can now make some changes and then do another sync to make sure it’s working the way you want. Go ahead and click the Synchronize button to complete one sync. If you are confused, make sure to read the TXT file that is located in the folder where the application was unzipped. There are several more options, which are self-explanatory.

This is useful, if you want to keep several versions of the changes in case you didn’t mean to delete something or you want to see previous versions of a document, etc. I also recommend checking Create folder if not exists so that when you create a new folder in one folder, it will automatically create the same folder in the other synced folder.Īnother important option is Backup Changes. This will automatically enable the Copy only newer files box too. To start, if you want to keep changes synced between both folders, you should check Bidirectional synchronization. However, before we perform any sync, let’s configure the options. According to the documentation, you should perform a normal sync first before you enable real-time syncing. By default, syncing will only work when you click on the Synchronize button. Now that we have our two folders selected, we can start configuring the options. If you want everything synced, then don’t worry about the filter button. Once selected, you can click on the Filter button if you want to exclude certain types of files or to exclude subfolders. You’ll now see two buttons appear at the right: Filter and Browse.Ĭlick the Browse button and choose your first folder. We need to configure those first.Ĭheck the box for Sources and then press Enter. When you first run the application, you’ll see two boxes at the top for source and destination.

#Windows folder sync service zip#

Once you download the ZIP file, go ahead and extract all the files and then run the application file.

#Windows folder sync service software#

Thankfully, the software is clean and doesn’t contain any junkware, malware, ads, etc. Scroll down past that and past Dshutdown and you’ll see Dsynchronize.Īs previously noted, it’s a pretty bad looking website. Dsynchronizeĭsynchronize is a freeware program written by some developer in Poland whose website looks like it is from the 1990’s! However, don’t judge a book by its cover because the programs he writes are excellent.įirstly, when you visit the above link, you have to scroll down a bit to get to the correct program. At first I thought I was on the wrong website because I kept reading about his first program called Dspeech. This is useful for backup purposes or if you are working in a team and want to avoid a cloud service like Dropbox or Google Drive. In this article, I’m going to write about a freeware program that you can use to setup real time syncing between two folders stored in different locations.