Syncing between Windows and a Remote Server

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I’m new to Syncthing. I want to have Syncthing copy files from the Sync folder on the remote server, which currently contains six files, to the Sync folder on my desktop, which is currently empty.

I followed the directions to configure Syncthing on my desktop (Windows 11) and on the remote server, but it’s not doing anything. I created a Sync folder on both systems and both Sync folders contain the .stfolder folder.

I feel like I must have missed a step but I don’t know what that is. Here are what the Syncthing screens look like:

Syncthing_Desktop
Syncthing_Desktop1308×687 30.6 KB

Syncthing_Remote
Syncthing_Remote1308×738 33.5 KB

I see that they both say “Unshared” but I don’t know why.

Is there something obvious that I’ve missed?

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You missed the sharing part.

On either device:

  1. Expand the Folder
  2. Click on Edit
  3. Enable Sharing → [name of other end].

After doing that, on the other end there should be a prompt to share it, click “Share” on that.

3

Thanks! That fixed it!

By the way, how often does it rescan? I added another file but it’s been about 5-10 minutes and it hasn’t synced it yet.

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Periodic scans every hour (by default, configurable in Advanced → Full Rescan Interval (s)), or 10 seconds after the file watcher detects a change. You can manually rescan by clicking the “Rescan” button.

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Are you sure there’s anything in the folder at the correct path? Can you take screenshots of the web GUI with the folder expanded?

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I just saw that it had synced. I was just going to edit my reply but I saw you had replied to it already.

Thanks again!

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