| Using history files |
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One of common synchronization problems is inability to find out whether you have deleted file in one folder, or you have added pair file in second folder. To solve this problem Synchronize It! can create History files - these files store list of files in folders after synchronization task is done. Thus in next run we can read this list, compare it to current folder content, and exactly know which files where modified, deleted or added in each folder.
Synchronize It! will create history files for all local folders automatically if you have selected appropriate setting in . You can also create these files without running any synchronization by choosing menu item. You will be prompted for folder path where to create log files.
History files are named synch.log and have hidden attribute to not mess with your ordinal files.
Using history files has additional value of detecting conflict files - these files have been modified on both sides since last synchronization. So if you simply copy file from one side to another you may lost your work. Such files are highlighted with special color and have special icon in File List: 
You should handle conflict files carefully, probably by making manual merge with file comparison tool.
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