FFS is working great. Can I disable certain warning messages

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ciggy

This is the one I want to disable - "The following folders are significantly different. Please check that the correct folders are selected for synchronization."

Thanks
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Plerry

If I remember correctly, upon getting this warning you get the option to not show this warning message in the future. But I may be wrong.

In any case, you can modify your GlobalSettings.xml file with a any suitable editor.
See here for the location of that file.
You should only do so with all instances of FFS closed.
You should then modify
<WarnSignificantDifference Show="true"/>
into
<WarnSignificantDifference Show="false"/>
and save the GlobalSettings.xml file under its existing name and in its existing location.

In the same <OptionalDialogs> section, you will also find other warnings you can disable.
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ciggy

Thanks, I had been poking around that file. Under Optional Dialogs, "WarnSignificantDifference Show" wasn't listed at all- I'll add that line.
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Plerry

Strange that the WarnSignificantDifference flag (or some other flags) are not listed in your GlobalSettings.xml file. Perhaps you are using an older version of FreeFileSync.
Anyway, I have the following entries in my GlobalSettings.xml file (FFS version 13.7):
<OptionalDialogs>
        <ConfirmStartSync Show="true"/>
        <ConfirmSaveConfig Show="true"/>
        <ConfirmSwapSides Show="true"/>
        <ConfirmCommandMassInvoke Show="true"/>
        <WarnFolderNotExisting Show="true"/>
        <WarnFoldersDifferInCase Show="true"/>
        <WarnUnresolvedConflicts Show="true"/>
        <WarnNotEnoughDiskSpace Show="true"/>
        <WarnSignificantDifference Show="true"/>
        <WarnRecycleBinNotAvailable Show="true"/>
        <WarnInputFieldEmpty Show="true"/>
        <WarnDependentFolderPair Show="true"/>
        <WarnDependentBaseFolders Show="true"/>
        <WarnDirectoryLockFailed Show="true"/>
        <WarnVersioningFolderPartOfSync Show="true"/>
    </OptionalDialogs>
Most of these I never tried to modify. And for some of these I am not aware there is the option to modify the flag value via the FFS GUI.