"FFS:\" instead of "C:\" in GlobalSettings.xml?

[fractals]

Recently, I've been looking in the GlobalSettings.xml file and notice that references to config files (and log files) start with "FFS:\" instead of "C:\".

For example:

FFS:\FFS Configs\My Test Config.ffs_gui

instead of

C:\FFS Configs\My Test Config.ffs_gui

Could you please advise why does the XML contain "FFS:\" instead of the drive letter "C:\"? Is this behaviour by design?

I notice that "FFS:\" is only present in the XML file, it shows correctly as "C:\" in the application's user interface (i.e. title bar).

I am using FreeFileSync 11.18 on Windows 10 but have also seen this happen on another PC running FreeFileSync 10.11.

[xCSxXenon]

Mine is not like that. Mine has the use of "%ffs_path%", but no use of "ffs:\"

[therube]

I can confirm both, a %ffs entry & a FFS: entry, on an 11.9 version.

GlobalSettings.xml:

<NotificationSound CompareFinished="" SyncFinished="%ffs_resource%\bell.wav"/>
...
<Item Result="Stopped" Config="FFS:\ffs2\LastRun.ffs_gui" LastSync="1654541985" Log=""/>
...


So it would appear expected (at that point in time).

I'd assume that "FFS:" is simply being interpreted, internally, as the "instalDir" drive letter.

[fractals]

Thanks for your replies. I've just purchased the Donation Edition of FreeFileSync and updated to the current version 12.1. I now find that "GlobalSettings.xml" has "C:\" instead of "FFS:\" for references to config files (and log files). :-)