Thanks for this good suggetion! We will consider add support for better manipulate files selecting on preview page.
But for your second suggestions, if you do not want to sync files in one folder, you can exclude the folder by uncheck the subfolder. If you do not want to sync what details files, you can set exclude files.
Details please see Folder Pairs Options in SyncToy 2.1 help file.
Thanks,
Ping
Folder Pair Options
Several options are available to help customize the SyncToy action for a
folder pair.
Available options include:
- Files to include: Specify what files to include in the SyncToy run. The default is * or all files. You can customize SyncToy to include only certain files, such as *.jpg to include only .jpg files, or *.jpg;*.bmp (separated by a semicolon)
to include only files with those two extensions. In this version of SyncToy, if you search for a text string composed of three or four letters, SyncToy will assume you are searching for a file extension and it will add a wildcard (*) and a period to the
start of the string. It is best to be as specific as possible when designating files to include, as in the examples here: (*.jpg;*.bmp;*05.doc).
- Files to exclude: Specify what files to exclude in the SyncToy run. By default, nothing will be excluded and this text box will be blank. The exclusion text box provides the ability to leverage a wild card character similar to the inclusion
text box. In addition, multiple values can be specified using a semi-colon between each as described above for the inclusion text box. In this version of SyncToy, if you search for a text string composed of three or four letters, SyncToy will assume you are
searching for a file extension and it will add a wildcard (*) and a period to the start of the string. It is best to be as specific as possible when designating files to exclude, as in the examples here: (*.jpg;*.bmp;*05.doc).
- Exclude read-only files By selecting this
option, all read-only files will be excluded during sync operations.
- Exclude hidden files By selecting this
option, all hidden files will be excluded during sync operations.
- Exclude system files By selecting this
option, all system files will be excluded during sync operations.
- Check file contents: This
option is off by default. When running with “check file contents” selected, SyncToy will perform a SHA1 hash against all files. This hash, which is mathematically guaranteed to produce a different value every time the file's content
changes, is used to compare files when determining whether files on both sides of the folder pair are already in sync. Selecting this
option will make a SyncToy preview or run take longer, but provides a guarantee that SyncToy will never conclude that two files with the same name, size and date are identical when in fact their contents
are different. <label id="note">Note: </label>If files might have the same timestamps and equal sizes, we recommend that the Check File Contents
option is selected before running the folder pair action.
- Select subfolders: Specify which subfolders to include. The default is to include all subfolders, but you can use this
option to unselect folders that you do not want to include in the SyncToy run. Note that excluding a sub-folder will subsequently exclude any new children automatically.
- Active for run all: This
option is on by default. This folder pair will be selected by default when you view multiple folder pairs prior to running all folder pairs. You can always unselect a pair from the
multiple folder pair screen before running. If this folder pair could be part of a frequent SyncToy set of actions, such as nightly backups, select this
option.
- Save overwritten files in the Recycle Bin: This
option is on by default. Before overwriting an older file with a newer file or deleting a file, by default SyncToy will move the older file to the Recycle Bin. If this
option is unchecked, the older file is overwritten with the newer file or, if it's being deleted, it is deleted permanently. The older file can not be recovered in that case, but less disk space is
used. In Vista, you can use the Previous Versions feature on a file to recover older versions of the file.
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