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This has been requested since the origin of times. See https://freefilesync.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20 or https://freefilesync.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=361 .

Apparently, the developer doesn't know how to handle properties of files and folders, and just use the names of the files. But that's not ...

Almost all sync systems have the option to exlude hidden of system files. Please?

Still no chance to skip hidden and/or system files? I love freefilesync, I've been using it for ages, but I've problems constantly because of this, I'd say is the only problem, but a constant one. Almost every other sync system has that option, so it can't be that difficult. Would love to pay for it ...

As I already pointed out, it is not speedy at all if the folder is a big one with several subfolders and you are just renaming the parent one. And this is not an uncommon thing to do at all.
What is more than speedy is renaming a single folder...

@Perry
Thanks for clarifying that what FFS detects is moved files. Not sure if this also implies it detects renamed files, but you have make clear the distinction between moving files and moving folders. Now I see that moving files and folders are two different process, at least speaking about ...

Ok, thanks for clarifying. I think there's a fundamental misunderstanding here, surely on my part, although it most probably something many people didn't get it either.
First, when renaming a folder, FFS detects is a rename, as it says, but it doesn't rename the folder, it moves all the files ...

There are some threads that I had read. Specially interesting is this one "check for rename and relocate", which says:
FreeFileSync has no issues detecting moved files and folders, but this requires a database file as a reference. The "two-way" variant already uses one, so you get detection of ...

Isn't FreeFile sync supposed to rename the folder instead of copying and deleting it?
In case the above images are misleading, I've just done a test renaming just two folders, but with several files inside. If FreeFile sync just renamed the folders, it would take it much less than one second, after ...

Changing the name of a folder or moving it to another folder results in deleting and creating a new folder in spite I'm following the instructions for FreeFileSync to detect the movement/rename.
These are the instructions: https://freefilesync.org/manual.php?topic=synchronization-settings
Here is my ...