LapLink MN-LGD011-XX-US manual Adding folder pairs, Changing how an Xchange Agent is run

To change the direction in which files are copied in a folder pair:

1Click the folder pair.

To change the direction of copy for all folder pairs, click Select All on the Edit menu.

2Click an arrow button on the toolbar to change the direction of the copy.

Adding folder pairs

To add a pair of folders to an Xchange Agent:

1Open a connection with the computer with which you are synchronizing.

2On the Edit menu, click Add Folder Pair.

3Click one folder for each computer and then click OK.

NOTE To delete a pair of folders, click the pair and click Delete Pair(s) on the Edit menu. Then click Yes. The fold- ers are deleted from the agent, not from the computers.

Changing how an Xchange Agent is run

There are several ways to customize how an agent is run:

•Create a shortcut icon for running an agent from the desktop: on the File menu, click Create Desktop Short- cut.

•Schedule the agent to run at the time you want: on the File menu, click Schedule. For more information see page 132.

. . . Customizing an Xchange Agent

•Set up the agent to run unattended: On the File menu, click Properties. On the Run Options tab, click this option: Run Unattended, without Preview or Confirma- tions. Then determine how conflicts will be handled by clicking either of these options: Copy the Newer File over the Older or Do Not Copy Either; Keep Both Files.

Changing which files are included in synchronizations

By default, subfolders within folder pairs are included in syn- chronizations. Read-only files are also included, but hidden files and system files are not. To change these settings, click Properties on the File menu. Then click the File Options tab and change the settings as necessary.

Also on the File Options tab, you can set an option to limit synchronizations by exchanging only files that already appear on both computers. To exclude files that have been added to one computer and not the other, check this box: Include Files Only If They Are Present in Both Folders.

NOTE Filters offer another way of determining which files are included in synchronizations. For more information, see page 130.

TIP Instead of changing the various options every time you create a new agent, you can set default options to apply to any agents you create in the future. These defaults will take effect in new agents unless you specify otherwise in Properties. To change the defaults, click Prop- erties for New Agents on the Options menu.

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