Many users keeps multiple copy of files at different location just to ensure one gets deleted accidentally then another copy will be available. This seems to be pretty older method but still many prefer over any backup utility just because it’s pretty faster and easier to do it.
This type of syncing of files is easier when you have very less files and folder to sync but incase you have hundreds of files and folder and you need to sync across multiple computers then this could become tedious task
To save us Microsoft already have some thing for us, SyncToy 2.0 is just simple tool to perform all this manual task of copying, deleting, moving & renaming of files and folders
SyncToy, a free PowerToy for Microsoft Windows, is an easy to use, highly customizable program that helps users to do the heavy lifting involved with the copying, moving, and synchronization of different directories
Screenshots of SyncToy 2.0
Features of SyncToy 2.0
-Dynamic Drive Letter Assignment, True Folder Sync
- Folder pair rename
- Folder Pair Metadata Moved
- 64-Bit Support
- Sync Encrypted Files
While Upgrading from SyncToy 1.4 to SyncToy 2.0 please ensure all the files and folder pairs are synchronized with older version of SyncToy before upgrading
In order to use SyncToy 2.0 you need to have .Net Framework installed on your computer. Download file size of SyncToy is appx. 4.4 MB
