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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.

You create the problem yourself by having computer A and computer B sync e.g. to one and the same location on the NAS. Simply create different shares, or at least different folders on your NAS, e.g. CompA and CompB, and have computer A run its sync to the CompA sher or folder on your NAS, and comput...

> ... if two people from two different computers perform a mirror synchronization at the same time Not clear what you mean. Do those two different computers run Mirror syncs to a file-server? Or to each other? If those two computers run Mirror syncs to a file-server, you should make sure that those ...

I suppose you now have FFS run a *.ffs_batch sync configuration.
If you save your sync configuration as a *.ffs_gui sync configuration.
When you have FFS run a *.ffs_gui sync configuration, it always opens in the FFS GUI.

The info you refer to is only saved when you close/terminate FFS in a regular way.
If you kill FFS in a non-regular way, e.g. via the task manager, or by a reboot, that info is not saved.
Likely, running an installation of a new/other version of FFS while FFS is still open also qualifies as such.

> What about it ist not 100% compatibel to latest Ventura Updates?!
Your reaction suggests that if that would in fact be the case, you blame FFS ...

Run (just) a Compare for an Update sync variant, make just the relevant Compare proposed actions (copy to the right-side, and update right-side) visible (mid below the Compare results), select all those files (Ctrl-A), and then copy the selected files to a chosen location, as per https://freefilesyn...

By deleting the content of Documents and Pictures in your left-side location after the sync, you create the problem yourself. If you then again run a Mirror sync, the right-side is made equal to the left-side (=empty). You probably want to change to sync variant from Mirror into Update. The Update v...

FFS does not forget to report that Thumbs.db is not synchronized,
Thumbs.db is simply one of the default entries in the Exclude Filter, as it does not make sense to sync that file (just like e.g. desktop.ini files).

Your screen-shot shows your 3rd left-right pair uses the E:\BackupW11b location.
You should replace E:\BackupW11b by E:\BackupW11b\MyPhoneExplorer.
Then you avoid overlaps between your right-side locations, and thereby also the unintended deletions.

In the RTS GUI you drag/drop your FFS sync configuration (a *.ffs_batch file you created) or specify your locations to be monitored and the command line invoking FFS to run the specified *.ffs_batch file) and you select a suitable RTS Idle time, and then save the RTS configuration as a *.ffs_real fi...

If you modify a file, I suppose the date and very likely the size of the modified version will change. If you then run a Compare in FreeFileSync (FFS), comparing by "file time and size", it should detect the differences. But, the suggested sync action (if any) depends on the sync variant y...

> I have my FFS files stored with the path ... If by "FFS files" you mean your sync configuration files (*.ffs_gui and *.ffs.batch files): those can be stored to (use: Save as), and used from any accessible local- or network-location and to/from any arbitrary folder name and path. So, if y...

1) If you want a "log" of the FFS Compare results, you can run a Compare and then in the mains menu select "Tools" and then "Export file list". A log of the sync is always created after a sync, and available via the icon just right of the Overview window. 3) You can int...

> And I cant find any task that invokves "freesync.exe" in either library or local in task scheduler ...

When you create a scheduled task, you define the name yourself.
Only you know the name you entered when creating the task.

The Task Scheduler will only show tasks for the currently logged-in user. So, if you created a Scheduled Task as another user, you need to log-in as that user. If you open the Task Scheduler, and the "Task Scheduler (local)" is active (top-left), it will likely show nothing. Hoever, if you...

You have selected to run a TwoWay-sync or to "Detect moved files". In both cases FFS will (try to) create a database file at either side (left and right), and throws an error when unable to do so. As your "source" (likely your left base location) is read only, there is no need to...

This is a just warning.
If you continue, FFS will perform as intended, except for moving deleted files on your phone to a recycle-bin. Instead those files will then be permanently deleted.

Simply run a left-right Compare, and select to view the suitable compare-result category (mid below the compare-results.
You can then review the list, and if you want to even export it (via Tools / Export file list).

You can use Macros,
also in the definition of your left and/or right base location.
If you define a right-side base location that does not exist yet,
FFS will ask if it should create it for you.

For every sync, there is only a single versioning location; not one for the left location and another one for the right location. You can freely select where the versioning location is. This versioning location may be (on the drive of) your left location, your right location, or some arbitrary other...

Simply select the Update sync variant in the Synchronization Settings (F8)
The Update sync variant leaves files that pre-exist in the right (destination) location intact, if those files do not, or no longer exist in the left (source) location.

If all pictures in your "pictures-master" are in one-and-the-same directory, you need to use the Update sync variant or a Custom sync variant; not the Mirror variant. In the Update variant X => Master, if a newer version of a file exists on the Master, those changes will not be synced to X...

There is a very simple solution in FFS for your use-case. But it is not via a FFS Two-Way sync, but rather via a FFS Custom sync variant. There you can select for "Left side is newer" to "Update right item", and for "Right side is newer" to "Update left item" ...

OK. But at least, then you can make your manual changes to Exclude Filter definition from a correctly working starting point, and generalize from there.

Yes, that is possible. But as you already have two different batch-files (batchRun1 and batchRun2), you can better also create a dedicated RTS task for each of these batch-files (RTS1 and RTS2). The RTS1 monitors for changes in C/original folder 1 and D/folder X, and when detecting any such changes ...