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title: "Configuring Sitecore Rocks Folder Sync"
description: "Sitecore Rocks folder sync keeps Visual Studio and IIS in step. TechGuilds shows how to configure folder sync and use it to speed up local development workflow."
canonical: "https://www.techguilds.com/blog/configuring-sitecore-rocks-folder-sync/"
type: "BlogPosting"
author: "Baraa Mahroka"
publishedAt: "2017-07-20T04:00:00.000Z"
updatedAt: "2026-05-21T19:24:16Z"
source: "https://www.techguilds.com/llms.txt"
---

# Configuring Sitecore Rocks Folder Sync

Do you know you can use Sitecore Rocks to sync folders between your Visual Studio Project and your IIS Website Root? This is helpful when you do changes to for example: CSS, JavaScript, Views or any other files that does not require your Application Pool to reset and you would like your changes to automatically appear without going through the single file publish process.

**Configuring Sitecore Rocks Folder Sync:**

1. In **Solution Explorer**, right-click on your desired file or folder to sync (Css folder for example) to open the context menu.
2. Choose **Sitecore** > **Start Folder Sync**…

1. In the **Select File** dialog box, select the targeted file or folder from you website’s folder.

1. Click **OK**.
2. In the **Folder Synchronization** dialog box, choose your preferred sync mode **(Mirror** or **Copy**) and you’re all set.

**Notes:**

1. The folder sync has two synchronization modes:
- **Mirror**: Replicates every edit, create or deletion action that occurs.
- **Copy**: Only replicates edit and create actions. File deletions are not replicated.
2. If you do not see all the files synced, you can choose the option **Sync Now** by right clicking the folder and selecting the **Sitecore** menu option.

Until next time!