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Electrons_Ahoy
Asked: 2009-05-12 19:31:51 +0800 CST

Does anyone have experience with Windows SyncToy?

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SyncToy

Does it work? Is it worth using? Any gotchas I should be aware of? Is it "enterprise grade"?

I just stumbled across it today. If it works as advertised, this would solve quite a few issues for me. Mostly, I need something like this to keep files synced between a mobile device and a desktop PC - the simplest case would be keeping a digital camera and c:\photos\ synced up.

So, is this worth using?

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6 Answers

  1. It works ok, but it's not enterprise grade. I have a couple of scheduled batch files that use robocopy, it works great.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocopy

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  2. Try Windows Live Sync.
    http://gofrom.us/14EA

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  3. Live Mesh is the successor to Live Sync mentioned previously. Though it's still in beta, it's definitely worth a look.

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  4. IMHO ...

    Yes, it works. Not sure it is "Enterprise Grade", in that I don't believe there is a standardized way to control it (i.e group policy). I believe the CLI will allow for automating and scheduling actions.

    I use robocopy inside batch files, and it works quite well.

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  5. I have used it in the past. I haven't used it as a two-way sync, but as a one way push all my files to a fileshare as a backup, and for this purpose it works quite well inside a scheduled task. I beleive their are options to do proper two-way sync.

    You just run it and setup the sync's you'd like to do, and then you can set up a scheduled task that references the syncs to run at specified times. However, you are limitted to what scheduled tasks can offer you, I always scheduled lunch time when my laptop was likely docked and I wasn't using it.

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  6. Best Answer

    I personally use SyncToy v2 from microsoft and it is great for keeping my laptop in sync with my home pc. i got it working on windows 7 but i am yet to test it on the RC version. Using my netbook i also managed to get it to push files instead of fetching which was weird.

    I find it quite adequate but very narrow in cofiguration. i could do with a product that can give you finer control and automatic sync on connection or constant sync on changes. I think for my needs, i require something scriptable to give me finer control.

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