MirrorFolder 6.0
User's manual
Restore folder

On the Restore page, you can restore or copy files from one or more source folders to a destination folder. You can also select one or more archive files and extract files from them. So, it can be used as a general purpose file copy and archive extraction utility for any supported storage location.

The top toolbar has the following buttons.

  • Auto-scroll - press this button to enable or disable auto-scrolling in the ListView control.
  • Clear logs - press this button to clear file logs.
  • Export logs - press this button to export logs to a file in HTML or XML format.


Restore folder

Source

Select a source path name from the combo box, or press the Browse button to select a source path name. You may hold down Ctrl or Shift key while pressing the Browse button to add multiple source path names. This field is optional if you have selected one or more archive files below.

Zip Files

You can select an archive file path name from the combo box history, or press the Browse button to select one or more archive file path names. You can hold down Ctrl or Shift key while pressing the Browse button to add multiple archive files. The archive file name may also contain wild card characters ('?' and '*') to select a series of full and incremental archive files. This field is optional if you have selected one or more source path names above.

Destination

Select a path name where files will be copied or extracted. This field is optional if you are only searching for files.

File Types

You can enter one or more file types here for filtering file find and copy operations. You may hold down Ctrl or Shift key while pressing the Browse button to add multiple file types.

Date

Select a date and time to find and copy files that have the most recent last modified time stamp prior to the selected date and time. When copying or extracting files from multiple locations, only the most recent version of the files prior to the selected date and time will be copied.

Keep replaced files

When you enable this option, replaced files in the destination folder will be kept by adding the extension .org to the original file name. Note that only one version of the original file will be kept, i.e., if there is already an original version of the file from the previous restore operation, it will be overwritten by the current version of the file being replaced.

Decrypt files with a key

When you enable this option and select a key, files will be decrypted when copying from the source folder to the destination folder. Note that the software can select the correct decryption key automatically from the list of saved keys. If no decryption key is found, it will show an error for the file.

Encrypt files with a key

Enable this option and select an encryption key and file format to encrypt files when copying from the source to the destination folder.

Find

Press this button to start finding files in the selected folders and archive files. No files will be copied in this case.

Copy

Press this button to start finding files in the selected source folders and archive files and then copy files that have the most recent last modified time stamp prior to the selected date and time, to the destination folder.

Stop

Press this button to stop the file find or copy operation. Note that file finding or copying operations are done in the background and it will continue to run even if you exit from this application without pressing this Stop button.

File replace options

Select any of the following options to choose what to do if a file exists in the destination folder while copying or extracting files.

  • No replace - do not replace any file in the destination folder, i.e., skip copying files if they exist.
  • Replace older - replace the destination file if it has the older last modified time stamp, otherwise, skip it.
  • Replace different - replace the destination file if it has an older or newer last modified time stamp, otherwise, skip copying identical files.
  • Replace all - replace all files in the destination folder irrespective of their last modified time stamp.

Run as

Select an account name to run the file find or copy operations. You can select System, Current user, or any account name added earlier. For accessing a shared network folder, you need to select either the current user or a specific user account name who has access to this network shared folder.

Thread count

Set the number of threads to be used for file find or copy operations. A value of four or more is recommended for today's system with a multi-core CPU.

File list
The ListView will show the file name, status, and properties like size, last modification time, hash value, etc. When finding files, you can select one or more files in the list view and click the right mouse button to open the following pop-up menu options.

Compare menu options
  • Copy - copy or extract selected files from the source folder or archive files to the destination folder.
  • Open - open selected file by default application.
  • Open with - open the selected file with a chosen application.
  • Delete source - delete the selected source files permanently.
  • Copy file name - copy file names into the clipboard.