Comments on: FolderShare AutoDeletes Files. Whoops

By: Windows Live Sync - (BH)log

Windows Live Sync - (BH)log — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:16:18 +0000

[...] in England and a machine i have here. However, this being a Microsoft product I’m a little weary about reliablity, but so far, so good. Some thorough testing required before i fully commit to it though. [...]

By: Windows Live FolderShare No Longer Strictly P2P?| Zoli’s Blog

Windows Live FolderShare No Longer Strictly P2P?| Zoli’s Blog — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:04:36 +0000

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By: Sondre : Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V, Live Services and internationalization

Sondre : Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V, Live Services and internationalization — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:50:38 +0000

[...] Microsoft FolderShare allows users to back up and synchronize files across multiple machines in your local network. If you keep a single machine online at any given moment, you can easily access all of your files from anywhere in the world. [...]

By: Windows “Live” Foldershare Dead For a Week| Zoli’s Blog

Windows “Live” Foldershare Dead For a Week| Zoli’s Blog — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:03:49 +0000

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By: Trusting Foldershare - Almost| Zoli’s Blog

Trusting Foldershare - Almost| Zoli’s Blog — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:04:24 +0000

[...] FolderShare AutoDeletes Files. Whoops – reports TechCrunch. As a Foldershare user I’ve also received the urgent email warning: From 12/3/07 to 12/6/07, some files may have been accidentally moved from their original folders into the FolderShare Trash folder. The bug that caused this problem has been fixed. The only files affected are ones with names containing certain characters, such as accents, trademark signs, etc. For example, “España.jpg.” [...]

By: Cortex

Cortex — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 06:59:06 +0000

SyncDroid is making some big promises, especially about being able to undo this sort of mistake. Don’t know when they’ll finally release, though:

http://www.syncdroid.com/

I’ve been using FolderShare for a while and have found it great. Just have to remember to keep backups anyway.

By: Varun

Varun — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:43:45 +0000

I use All Sync, i am not too sure abt this issue, but you can try allsync as well. I am using it since last 4 months only…

By: Toxera

Toxera — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:12:20 +0000

I work with BeInSync for over 2 years now. They recently added online backup with Amazon and I upgraded to 50GB service as well. I also sync between all my computers – 4 of them XP and Vista.

By: SlowVerySlow

SlowVerySlow — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:59:59 +0000

Microsoft has products with robust sync. Foldershare it seems is just not one of them.

Reliability is something that is either designed in, or just the time between failures. Folderhsare has established which category it is in. – a long outage followed by this latest mess. Not good.

I thought foldershare was awesome, It’s very disapointing to realise that it can’t be counted upon.

I think I need a backup solution for my backup solution

By: scrappydoo

scrappydoo — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:56:54 +0000

I don’t see why they can’t get it right. Making file sync software is easy.

By: Ivan

Ivan — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:37:05 +0000

We are German start-up offering easy Outlook synchronization for multiple PCs. Currently we use FolderShare as a transport service for our product to sync our files over the Internet. Even though our files names are free from characters such “è”, “ü” etc., many customers called us and asked for help in the past seven days. We were overrun from support requests due to FolderShare.
That’s why we started to develop our own peer-to-peer service. It’s still beta – subscription at http://www.syncing.net. We work hard to provide a better product for easy file and Outlook synchronization.

By: Mikebl

Mikebl — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:55:57 +0000

Mike,

>but Foldershare is under significant competitive pressure from a horde of startups like Switzerland-based Wuala.

That company hasn’t even launched and it requires SIGNIFICANT resources (space on your HDD, bandwidth and connectivity) to run. Do you really think that MS is scared of them?

By: Jorge

Jorge — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:31:38 +0000

BeinSync really needs to stop spamming every post mentioning Foldershare…

By: Gimme a-break

Gimme a-break — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:49:47 +0000

Wuala, really? It’s really odd that BeInSync isn’t mentioned in this post. BeInSync is much more well-known and seems it is much more popular than FolderShare. Not to mention, it has a much more comprehensive and stable service, seeing that Microsoft really let FolderShare go for the last couple of years. See http://www.beinsync.com.

By: Don

Don — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:47:06 +0000

#2 – Did Google own Microsoft when some people lost their entire Gmail history for no reason, and Google took absolutely no responsibility?

By: Open English

Open English — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:14:52 +0000

@4
AMEN!

By: Zoli Erdos

Zoli Erdos — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:58:58 +0000

@11 Frank, I am using Foldershare on Vista, in fact I am sync-ing between Vista and XP machines... not entirely without problems, but more or less reliably.

By: advancedovariancancersymptom

advancedovariancancersymptom — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:26:43 +0000

The FolderShare has its advantages, but we need to know how to use this tool.

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:11:59 +0000

When is Microsoft finally going to make Foldershare Vista compatible? It’s the main reason I haven’t switched over from XP yet. Come on Microsoft!!

By: PookieBadmuffin

PookieBadmuffin — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:39:18 +0000

Now you feel my Leoptard pain!

By: David

David — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:23:32 +0000

Syncing is complex. Foldershare does it better than I’ve ever seen and I rely on it daily. It’s free, though I would certainly pay for its functionality.

Microsoft hasn’t changed the product in years. I’m hoping they will see the value of the product and push it to the next level. I think many many people will find it useful.

By: WantlessGnu

WantlessGnu — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:17:41 +0000

I don’t get it. Apple releases Leopard with a severe bug that destroys data when it’s moved over a LAN and it’s barely newsworthy. Microsoft makes a relatively minor oversight in a free utility (that most people don’t even know exists), which is corrected within 3 days and it’s worth writing about? Give me a break!

Are you people paid to bash Microsoft or what? Here’s a headline for you Michael: All software has bugs. Print that.

By: YDRIVE

YDRIVE — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:30:56 +0000

Wasn’t that FolderShare, once a startup, already an acquired entity (by, of course, MSFT)

By: Dan Rogers

Dan Rogers — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:52:36 +0000

Microsoft should leave such jobs to startups, they do it best and then get value for it when MS acquires. Its a win-win

By: YDRIVE

YDRIVE — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:01:57 +0000

Competitive pressures won’t nullify bugs.. but this is certainly not pretty, /ac.