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["Christy" <snowy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Software suggested by reader Joe....

SyncToy
Freeware
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e0fc1154-
c975-4814-9649-cce41af06eb7&DisplayLang=en

   
Joe says this about the software:
Recently I stumbled across a new freeware (for Windows users)
utility from Microsoft called "SyncToy" that I'm finding just the
thing I've been looking for to keep "Favorites" synchronized over
more than one computer -- and it looks like a good bet for better
backups and similar chores since it takes deletes and renames
into account. 


The web site says this:
SyncToy v1.0 is available as a free download on the Microsoft
Download Center. The easy to use, customizable application helps
you copy, move, rename, and delete files between folders and
computers.

There are new sources of files coming from every direction:
digital cameras, e-mail, cell phones, portable media players,
camcorders, PDAs, and laptops. Increasingly, computer users are
using different folders, drives, and even different computers
(such as a laptop and a desktop) to store and retrieve files. Yet
managing hundreds or thousands of files is still largely a manual
operation. In some cases it is necessary to get copies of files
from one place; in other cases there is a need to keep two
storage locations exactly in sync. Some users manage files
manually, dragging and dropping from one place to another and
keeping a mental card catalog in their heads. Others use one or
more applications to provide this functionality for them.

Now there is an easier way. SyncToy is a free PowerToy for
Microsoft Windows XP that provides 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. Most common operations can be performed
with just a few clicks of the mouse, and additional customization
is available without added complexity. SyncToy can manage
multiple sets of folders at the same time; it can combine files
from two folders in one case, and mimic renames and deletes in
another. Unlike other applications, SyncToy actually keeps track
of renames to files and will make sure those changes get carried
over to the synchronized folder.


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