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Correct, you should then no longer use the database (un-checkmark "Use database to detect changes").

The Custom variant settings as shown in your image are the correct ones.
The middle two Actions are in line with my previous reply. Plerry, 24 Oct 2023, 10:55

Thank you my friend 👍.

You could define a Custom sync variant, for which you define that
• If the left-side file is newer than the right-side, the left-side file will be copied to the right-side, thereby overwriting the pre-existing right-side file.
• If the right-side file is newer than the left-side, the right-side ...

FFS can't know what you want to do in this situation so you need to resolve it yourself

https://freefilesync.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10740


Ok i will, but why ? Isn't there compare by time? So if Text Document is changed 1 min later why will not detect that?


Because if you make changes ...

I think it's because you are using Two-way, & using .db, & you (now) have files that were modified "externally" - outside the purview of the .db files, & because of that FFS does not know how to proceed (automatically).

(There was a somewhat recent thread along this lines [but I'm not finding it ...

FFS can't know what you want to do in this situation so you need to resolve it yourself

viewtopic.php?t=10740 xCSxXenon, 19 Oct 2023, 20:48

Ok i will, but why ? Isn't there compare by time? So if Text Document is changed 1 min later why will not detect that?

On both file changes at different times, it will not sync newer files. Why ?

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Configuration to sync Folders
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https://i.postimg.cc/g2qxds6Q/Fast-Stone-Editor3.png

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