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Since there have been a few responses against using "FFS date time", I wanted to add that I DO like this feature. The reason why I have found it helpful is that when I am troubleshooting with someone, I can very easily identify all of the files/folders that were removed during a FFS job.

Also ...

Wow, thanks! I'll check it out!

BTW, I appreciate FFS more each time I use it - EXCELLENT product and GREAT
support! Thanks for your work on it!

Thanks for pointing out the LastSyncs.log! (There was a minor typo: the
location is "%appdata%\FreeFileSync\LastSyncs.log" - just FYI for anyone else
reading this thread and looking for this file).

True, I just learned about the Show Progress Dialog box :) But I'd like to
control the output a ...

Hello! Is there any way to resolve a path from the registry? Or is there a way
to resolve a Windows Special Folder/Shell Folder/CSIDL location? For instance,
if I am trying to resolve the "Documents" folder or "Nethood" folder, this
path may be different depending on whether the Documents folder has ...

Hello! Is there a built in mechanism in FFS to retrieve the log file name
after an operation has completed? Or is my best bet to code the batch
file/script to look for the newest file in the log folder?

The reason I ask is because I'd like to present the user with some feedback
after the ...

Hello! Has this option changed on the current version 5.7? Is this now the
"versioning" feature under "Sync Settings | Versioning"?

Thanks!

This was helpful! Since this thread is from 2010, I was curious to know if
there is a different/better way to accomplish this now such that an automatic
sync uses the newer file as "authoritative" during a conflict resolution.

Thanks!