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No problem. Just create (at least) two left-right folder pairs . Assuming your external backup-drive is called F: , make your first left-right folder pair e.g. D:\[path-to-source-folder-on-D] => F:\Backup D 1 and the second pair E:\[path-to-source- folder-on-E] => F:\Backup E 1 So, also if you need ...

> Upon my first compare, those folders and sub-folders that I wanted to exclude would not show up as option for me to perform what you have suggested Yes they will. You only have to make those "equal" files and folders visible first. Run a Compare, and then toggle the "="-icon mi...

Likely, you have set your "Delete Files" method to "Recycle bin" . Any files that get deleted or updated (=overwritten) will then be moved to the Recycle bin. This has nothing to do with your Exclude Filter. But given the warning you get about the Recycle bin not being available ...

As described by xCSxXenon, after running a Compare , you can right click a file or folder and then select to temporarily, but also to permanently Exclude that file or folder form your sync. For the permanent Exclusions to remain active across different FFS sessions, you can best save the sync config...

To prevent confusions:
It is not RealTimeSync (RTS) you are talking about, it is FreeFileSync (FFS).

In order to run FFS minimized, you need to save your sync configuration as a *.ffs_batch file, and follow the instructions as described here.

You are showing a RealTimeSync (RTS) GUI window,
From your description, it seems you are looking for the FreeFileSync (FFS) GUI window.
So, simply open FFS instaed of RTS.

Check your Exclude Filter. Remove all entries there that may exclude *.fit files. > I have tried adding *.fit to the inclusion list but it does not help. Adding to the Include Filter does not help if files are excluded by the Exclude Filter. Files and folders are only considered for synchronization ...

Zenju explained the use of the Recyclebin...ffs_tmp folder here.
Most likely cause for your problem seems to be multiple instances of FFS running at the same time or early termination of an FFS instance.

> ... but starts scanning from very beginning Scanning, as performed in the FFS Compare phase, is always done "from the beginning"; i.e.: all files in the scope of the sync are being scanned for the need of being synced. If identical files (in name, size and date/time, in an identical path...

If you sync between two external drives, the only files that get written locally by FFS are:
* the global-settings file (GlobalSettings.xml)
* the log-file (normally in the users AppData\Roaming\FreeFileSync\Logs folder)
* and, if configured like that, files from Versioning

try adding
*_tmp
to your Exclude Filter

> So to be sure I understand. ... That's right ? Yep! But be aware: this not just applies if you use RTS to run an FFS sync; the same holds if you use RTS to launch e.g. a Python script. When you would use the Task Scheduler, it will simply run a task (e.g. FFS or a Python script) at fixed times (e....

Your post is a bit confusing, because you write RealTimeSync (RTS), where the pictures and problems you describe concern FreeFileSync (FFS). A FFS TwoWay sync does exactly what you describe under 1), 2) and 3), provided that under 2), you read the "newest" file as: the file that changed th...

> So in my case, if I want to continusly monitor a folder I need to create a schedule task ? Obviously, a Schedules Task does not "continuously monitor" a folder, but will only run (FFS in this case) at discrete times or events. But for folders of which the content is continuously changing...

Start by watching some the Tutorials.

> Yes, I'm syncing between two external drives. External drives generally do not have Recycle bins. Or in some cases (e.g. some NASs) they do have a Recycle bin, but not one the OS system of the system running FFS is aware of. In those case, the OS does not see a Recycle bin, and thus can not move d...

From the RTS manual page : ... Each time a file or folder is created/updated/deleted in the monitored directories or their sub directories, RealTimeSync waits until a user-configurable idle time has passed in which no further changes were detected, and then runs the command line. This makes sure the...

Not fully clear what is happening here, but it seems your sync tries to update your All About The Paper (ADN Edit).wav file that was already present in your right-side location by the version of that file in your left-side location, that you use the "Recycle bin" as your Delete Files metho...

Your Exclude Filter entries C:\$RECYCLE.BIN\*\ - D:\$RECYCLE.BIN\*\ - E:\$RECYCLE. BIN\*\ are wrong, because they specify an absolute path, while the Include and Exclude Filter need to contain a path relative to the left and right base location (although Zenju added some smart adaptations to partial...

(Your screenshot shows) you have a completely different problem. You have defined several different left-side base locations, but all your right-side base locations are identical. This creates an overlap (for which you should have received a warning), which can, and in your case is dangerous, as you...

> You have to close the app completely, then it will see the differences (i.e. the deleted files). No, in the FFS GUI, you simply need to run a new Compare. That is the phase in which FFS determines the proposed sync actions, based on the outcome of the comparison. And only after that it makes sense...

In the FFS GUI, simply press Compare.

The warning is correct. Your first right-side location is G:\Software\Firefox\Profiles while your third right-side location is G:\Software Therefore, your first right-side location is part of your third right-side location, which constitutes an overlap, and therefore a risk of unintended sync action...

If you run FFS Mirror or Update syncs without having checkmarked the "Detect moved files" option, FFS will simply compare the (size and date/time) of identically named left and right side files, located in matching relative folders. If those are the same, it will not suggest to delete and ...

> RealTimeSync won't run jobs when the destination is either Google or SFTP. Neither SFTP, nor Google drive support directory monitoring. See the third bullet of the RTS limitations . That is also the message you should get. RTS should still do a fine job in monitoring for, and detecting local chang...

As described, VerifyCopiedFiles is a setting stored in "your" GlobalSettings.xml-file, just like e.g. FailSafeFileCopy. If running syncs with or without VerifyCopiedFiles is that important for you, you may act as described in https://freefilesync.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9914#p36695 , but...

See the limitations regarding RealTimeSync (RTS), specifically the third bullet.
Perhaps this is not or not correct implemented in Virtualbox.

Not sure what you mean by > I'm getting the known message ... Which message do you get? What do you mean by > ... adding these lines Do you manually edit the *.ffs_gui or *ffs_batch file with a text editor? It is normally much easier and reliable to make changes to your Include and/or Exclude Filter...

On why and how the ffs database files are used, see e.g. here and (although described in another context) here.