# trying to sync a folder can you please help?
**URL:** https://forum.syncthing.net/t/trying-to-sync-a-folder-can-you-please-help/7060
**Category:** General
**Created:** [March 28, 2016, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/trying-to-sync-a-folder-can-you-please-help/7060 "2016-03-28T21:22:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@elf.boy](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/elf.boy)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2016, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/trying-to-sync-a-folder-can-you-please-help/7060/1 "2016-03-28T21:22:47Z")
Hello everyone: Just installed this great program this morning and I am having an issue and would appreciate some assistance with it please. This is between my computer and android app. I created a folder on my android phone and want to share it on my pc. As far as i can tell both are connected because once i create the folder i can read the box for the computers name unchecked which I checked. Then I went to my pc and I see inside the program a alert telling me that a folder wants to be share I select allow then I am asked for 1 folder id 2 path I am asuming that the path referers to the path of where the mobile folder is at? but where I am confused is regarding the box which ask for the folder id? Is the folder id the id given to me when I installed the app on my android? Or where/how do I get the folder id? thanks very much
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### Author:  [@AudriusButkevicius](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/AudriusButkevicius)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/trying-to-sync-a-folder-can-you-please-help/7060/2 "2016-03-28T21:52:07Z")
Please read the getting started guide, I think most of the basics are covered there. If it’s still unclear after that, please let us known.
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### Author:  [@norgeous](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/norgeous)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/trying-to-sync-a-folder-can-you-please-help/7060/3 "2016-03-28T22:09:30Z")
Folder ID: Short identifier for the folder. Must be the same on all cluster devices.
You can just choose any short word for the folder ID, example ‘Music’ or ‘Photos’
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### Author:  [@kluppy](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/kluppy)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2016, 10:18am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/trying-to-sync-a-folder-can-you-please-help/7060/4 "2016-03-29T10:18:42Z")
Please remember the ID has to be unique. If you try to share a folder “Photos” with a device that already has a folder “Photos” and it is accepted it will not be added as a new share but add the device to the existing one.