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    Hi,
    Is there a way to make synctoy always (and I mean always) copy all the files in the source folder to the destination folder?  I use it to push files out for software distribution projects at work and sometimes it arbitrarily decides that it doesn't need to copy all the files. 

    I always copy from a newly created directory into a newly created empty directory (using the contribute option) so it shouldn't ever detect that something doesn't need to be copied.  Is there an option I'm missing?

    c:\release ---> \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\release
    Sunday, April 26, 2009 4:37 AM

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    Hi -

    I think SyncToy is an overkill in your scenario because it is meant to keep two existing folders in sync. If you are always copying from/to newly created directories something like xcopy/robocopy would be a much better fit - along with some scripting.

    Thanks
    Deepa
    Deepa ( Microsoft Sync Framework)
    Tuesday, September 15, 2009 6:57 PM

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    Hi Cletus,

    I’m afraid that SyncToy does not provide such options to skip the “detection” step for now.

    I think, however, SyncToy and its “detection” step could be advantaged even in your “copy all files” scenario. Think about that the copy work may fail by accident (hardware down or network issue), then you need to copy again from source to destination. Maybe some other copy tools can deal with such issue, but what about if there are some files changed in source directory between the first copy and the second copy? The “detection” step will help you complete the copy work without additional problem. (And also the “detection” step is required if you are using some advanced features such as filters.)

    Thanks.

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    Tuesday, September 15, 2009 8:23 AM
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    Hi -

    I think SyncToy is an overkill in your scenario because it is meant to keep two existing folders in sync. If you are always copying from/to newly created directories something like xcopy/robocopy would be a much better fit - along with some scripting.

    Thanks
    Deepa
    Deepa ( Microsoft Sync Framework)
    Tuesday, September 15, 2009 6:57 PM