Sync conflict

[Grobschnitt2611]

I sometimes number my folders, e.g.: 01. Buy, 02. Sell, 03. Rent. When I change the numbering of folders in a sync drive, Freefilesync syncs incorrectly. The old folder is not deleted but remains and there is a big mess.

[xCSxXenon]

You should switch from "Update" to "Mirror"

[Grobschnitt2611]

I have to use two way sync.

[xCSxXenon]

If you are renaming folders, Two-way should be replicating that action in the other location.
What does

When I change the numbering of folders in a sync drive

mean? It sounds like you are just renaming, for example, "01. Buy" to "06. Buy'
That works fine with two-way and would rename that folder on the other side as well

[Grobschnitt2611]

No, i rename 01. buy 02. sell to 01. sell 02. buy. This mixes up FFS completely.
When I backup the folder as a copy in the same folder, then FFS doubles it: 01. buy/01. buy old will become 01. buy/01. buy 1 old and 01. buy 2 old and so on. Very strange!

[Zenju]

"two way sync" shouldn't have any problems with the scenario you describe. If it does, do you have steps that reproduce the issue?

[Grobschnitt2611]

The steps are mentioned above. Maybe it is up to the numbering of the directories. Internal naming of files and directories is still realised by 8+3 characters. Because of that I suggest, FFS is mixed up, when I rename a directory name as stated above.
I solved the problem as follows: I stopped sync on my 4 devices (NAS, PC, two Tablets), then I removed the wrong directories manually local. After restarting sync, there are no wrong directories. But this is only a workaround.

[therube]

What are your directory pairs?

Have any that are running in a round-robin scenario?

[xCSxXenon]

That sounds like you are using "Update" and not "two-way"

[Grobschnitt2611]

Unfortunately I can't post a screenshot here, but be sure there is two-way-sync!!!

[Grobschnitt2611]

What are your directory pairs?

Have any that are running in a round-robin scenario?

I don't understand your questions.