Removing old drives from comparison

[Daf57]

Hi,
This is probably an easy one but I'll be darned if I can find any info on it this morning.
There are saved comparisons in the folder pair fields that I want to remove (see attached) - those drives no longer exist. I can't seem to find a way to do so. Would someone please school me on that? I'm using FFS with Linux Mint.



Thanks!
Daf

[Plerry]

I am not aware of any direct/GUI method to remove locations in the folder-history.
But, if you are very eager to clean up those lists:
The file GlobalSettings.xml (for location see https://freefilesync.org/manual.php?topic=expert-settings) comprises the folder-history lists (in xml-format).
Make sure to close the FFS GUI, and then open the GlobalSettings.xml file in a suitable text editor, locate the <FolderHistoryLeft LastSelected=""> and/or <FolderHistoryRight LastSelected=""> section and completely delete any outdated item lines listed there, including the <Item> and </Item> tags, but make sure to at least always leave the </FolderHistoryLeft> and </FolderHistoryRight> closing tags.
Then save the GlobalSettings.xml file, launch the FFS GUI and check.

Note: Contrary to as describe above, your LastSelected string may be non-empty.

[Daf57]

Perfect - thanks!!

[xCSxXenon]

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For future reference

[Daf57]

I had a feeling that there must be an existing thread on this - I searched for every keyword I could think of - except "'dropdown"

Thanks!

[Plerry]

Like often, it has become clear there is more than one way to skin a cat.
But some ways are easier than others ... ;-)
It appears I managed to describe a hard way!

[Daf57]

:D - much appreciated tho.

[NikiR]

Brilliant. I joined the forums to search this exact issue.

First rerun of FFS showed an xml parsing error, but I closed and reloaded and it's all great.