SyncToy is an awesome tool, which allows you to synchronize folder pairs in few clicks. Synchronizing a folder pair is required pretty often; especially if you are a download junkie or you work on multiple systems etc.

All you need to do is a small download less than 5Mbs, and you are ready to start using this amazing utility. Once you have downloaded and installed SyncToy, you get to see a window which asks you to create a folder pair, i.e. define the source and destination folders.

Creating Folder Pair

Once you have created a folder pair, move on and decide what you want to do out of three available options, i.e. Synchronize, Echo, or Contribute.

Sync, Echo or Contribute

What are Synchronize, Echo and Contribute -

• Synchronize: New and updated files are copied both ways. Renames and deletes on either side are repeated on the other.
• Echo: New and updated files are copied left to right. Renames and deletes on the left are repeated on the right.
• Contribute: New and updated files are copied left to right. Renames on the left are repeated on the right. No deletions.

Later, after this step, you will be asked to name this folder, which will save you from creating the folder pair every time you want to sync these folders.

Options for Syncing

‘Change options…’ allow you to make Exclusions and inclusions by defining file types and on the basis of other attributes etc. as shown below.

Options to filter file types

Once done with all these, you can go ahead and preview, which allow you to preview the run.

SyncToy is amazing utility, simple and easy to use, light on resources, and pretty fast as well, a must  have utility for windows.

Go ahead and give it a try, do share your views about SyncToy via comments.

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