December 2006
Intermediate to advanced
1312 pages
35h 17m
English
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23.12 Keeping Data in Sync with SyncToy
We developer types tend to have various important data files scattered around the various systems we work on—application configuration files, presentation or briefing slide shows, music, videos, and any number of other bits and pieces of things we need. Trying to keep all these straight manually is an instant recipe for a serious headache.
Microsoft’s SyncToy for Windows XP is a great tool to solve this problem. SyncToy was originally built with multimedia files in mind, but it’s a handy solution for other types of data files as well.
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Tool | SyncToy for Windows XP |
Version covered | 1.2 |
Home page | http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/prophoto/synctoy.mspx |
Power Tools page | |
Summary | Helps you synchronize folders on two different systems |
License type | Microsoft EULA |
Online resources | Forum |
Getting Started
Setting up and configuring SyncToy is very simple, thanks to its intuitive interface. Just install SyncToy from the distribution and launch the tool.
Using SyncToy
The first time you launch SyncToy you’ll be presented with a screen similar to that shown in Figure 23-41, but without any configured folder pairs. To put SyncToy to work, you’ll need to specify the folders you want to synchronize by selecting Create New Folder Pair and using the browse boxes to select the source ...