Preferences

Use the Preferences page of the Folder Properties dialog box to specify source directory, destination directory and to specify how to process subfolders and folder links.

Source Directory

Specify the full path of the directory containing the files you want to synchronize. You can also use the button to select a directory. Environment variables can also be used in the directory path. Click the button if you need to connect to a network drive with a different user name and password or if you want to set how to identify removable disks.

Folder Name

Specify a unique folder name. This field available for Remote Synchronization and operations with compression.

Destination Directory

Specify the full path of the directory containing the files you want to synchronize. You can also use the button to select a directory. Environment variables can also be used in the directory path. Click the button if you need to connect to a network drive with a different user name and password or if you want to set how to identify removable disks.

Include Subdirectories

Check this box to copy files from all of the sub directories in the source/destination location.

NTFS Junction Points

In Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 and Windows Home Server 2011, the default locations for user data and system data have changed. For example, user data that was previously stored in the %SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings directory is now stored in the %SystemDrive%\Users directory. For backward compatibility, the old locations have junction points that point to the new locations. So if you want to prevent duplication of the user files then uncheck both options.

Preview

Opens the Preview Files dialog box showing the list of all files matching the selected criteria.

Notes for Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000/2003/2008/Home Server 2011:

If either side of a synchronization is on a volume with folders available offline, SmartSync Pro cannot properly determine whether the volume is online or not. To avoid this problem, do not use SmartSync Pro with volumes that contain folders available offline.