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In the filter(s) described, I could just as easily set up directory pairs for each folder. Keep in mind we are talking a lot more than 4 folders.

And from one run to another those folders can change, next time MyJobs could be D, G, M, Q. So not really possible to create a batch job to sync MyJobs ...

Note the example above of folders, loses its tab spacing, when I submit it to the blog.
So I had to reverse the left and right sides for it to appear logically.
Myjobs is on the left side in FreeFileSync and AllJobs is on the right as described with the filter results.

Filters... ?

Folder pair is c:\Data\MyJobs << >> F:\Data\AllJobs

Tried the filter
\Myjobs\* Found no files to sync but files existed on both sides to copy

I tried Changing the pair to C:\Data << >> F:\Data\All Jobs
using the filter
\MyJobs\* ... It wanted to create F:\AllJobs\MyJobs\C, F, K, R ...

I was inaccurate earlier about Nirsoft FolderTimeUpdate.

It can set the Creation Date AND the Last Modified Date.

The Modified Time Options
>> no change
>> newest modified time
>> newest created time
>> oldest modified time
>> oldest created time

The Created Time options
>> no change ...

I have been trying to figure out how to do this for a while and I'm stumped.

I want to create saved FreeFileSync Batch job to run on demand
set up to sync C:\MyJobs with B:\AllJobs

Each side has lots of Job Folders.
/AllJobs Contain all the jobs (thousands).
/MyJobs contains a subset of ...

FFS is fine and so is the Donation Edition model it uses. You are not paying for the perks, your donating to the author, the perks (totally not needed for functionality) are his little thanks for the donation.

I have used FFS for many years its hands down the best sync tool out there. Sometimes ...

@ Zenju: I can understand that. By the way, thanks for such a great product!

The Nirsoft solution is just fine with me. Very fast and I can add it to the end of my batch FFS runs for the folders that need accurate dates. It can be run from a batch file as well as the GUI. The nirsoft page provides ...

I tried the Nirsoft FolderTimeUpdate tool mentioned earlier. It worked great and it was pretty quick on about 900 folders. But I have to agree it would be a whole lot better if it worked within FreeFileSync.

See: https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/folder_time_update.html

I keep client and job folders ...