Windows 11 - Folders created as Junction are not synced

[waysearcher-legend]

Hi,
I'm using MEGAsync ver. 5.4.1 on Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (64 bit).

There is no issue with syncing standard Folders and Files.

The issue is with Folders created as Junction with the command mklink /J - for example
mklink /J "C:\[DEST_Megasync_DIR]" "C:\[Source_Disk_DIR]"
- this kind of folder is not synced at all. (tested on 2 computers)

Other software works with this kind of Folders and are supported by the OS, too.

It is very important to allow syncyng this kind of folders, because it opens possibility to sync projects, drafts or config files that have hard-coded destination in other software.

Thank you Guys.

[cihe13375]

symlinks are intentionally ignored by megasync due to technical reasons (you can see discussions here #159)

to sync projects, drafts or config files that have hard-coded destination in other software

the correct way of doing this is settings - sync - add - choose local folder as whatever destination need to be synced.

[waysearcher-legend]

Thank you @cihe13375

• that would do the job, but it has a BUG - you can't Select a MEGA folder and click [OK] button
• all the folders are disabled, even new one (created using [+ New folder] button.
• tested on 2 computers with full Admin rights.

... see the screenshot, we can't choose (click & select) a Folder and we can't click the [OK] button.

[cihe13375]

If a folder is gray (and cannot be selected) it means that folder is already connected to another local folder (it does not make sense to connect two different local folders to the same online folder). A new online folder is required for every "add" operation.
In the situation of the image above, you can click "New Folder", type a name, and then click OK, OK. It should work. And repeat creating new online folders for every single local folder that need to be synced.

If you still have issues, I suggest contact mega support in case you actually ran into bugs (I'm not mega stuff).

[waysearcher-legend]

Hi @cihe13375
thank you for your answer, all the folders are disabled, even new one (created using [+ New folder] button.

The problem persists.

[cihe13375]

oh I misread your image above. I think the problem is that you have a local folder connected to / (i.e. the "cloud drive", indicated by the black sync icon before it), thus disabling all folders below it. So I guess you need to delete that connection first (maybe it was automatically added when installing mega? idk).