I get HTML AND Text logs

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Joined: 6 Oct 2022

Arpe

I have set, via Tools>options, my logs to be Plain text-
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This is confirmed in the GlobalSettings.xml file -
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Yet I still get some jobs giving me HTML logs -
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I have uninstalled and reinstalled (plus installed updates), I have been into Tools>options and changed it back and forth between HTML and Plain text several times.
Can I do anything about this?
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Joined: 13 Apr 2017

Gianni1962

Search for the word GlobalSettings in the online manual (All on one page):
https://freefilesync.org/manual.php?topic=all

Command Line Usage
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5. Use a different GlobalSettings.xml file
By default, FreeFileSync uses a single GlobalSettings.xml file containing options that apply to all synchronization tasks; for examples see Expert Settings. If you want FreeFileSync to use a different settings file instead, just add the path via command line:
FreeFileSync "D:\Different GlobalSettings.xml"

Windows Task Scheduler
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Note
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If you schedule FreeFileSync to run under a different user account, note that the configuration file GlobalSettings.xml will also be read from a different path, C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\FreeFileSync, or in the case of the SYSTEM account from C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\FreeFileSync.
You can force usage of a particular GlobalSettings.xml file by passing it as a Command Line parameter.
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Joined: 6 Oct 2022

Arpe

Ah - could be the Task Scheduler thing. I'll look into that, thanks.