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The function "compare" compares files from active and inactive window
(see help > keyboard shortcuts), so only different files (no folders) will be highlighted.
This works on my computer.
Try the function "synchronize" if you want to get the differences include subfolders.
Thanks Ralph. Thats a ...

Is there nothing anyone can contribute to this thread? Is everyone else finding that it compares folders and files OK?

ralfso wrote:Have you tried this with a new "freecommander.ini"?
(rename the existing file while FC is closed, so that FC builds a new one on next start)

No, I hadn't but have now and it made no difference thanks.

Please check the options in Settings > Compare folders. Perhaps different files are not highlighted because they are hidden. Make sure the option "Show hidden files" and "Show system files" are enabled in Settings > View.
No this is not the case. Incidentally those options are under Settings not ...

After Alt-V Messagebox: the files in the source and target folder are identical.

Had selected My Music directory, then another directory with much of the contents of the compared directory. But when compare get nothing highlighted. Would have expected the missing folders and files to be highlighted ...

Recalled:
xcopy *.* c:\temp /t/e

That does the same thing perhaps you could include as a shell command?

Now only files are synchronized.
I will add an option to the delete empty folder.
It might be too hard but it would be good to be able to synchronize directory with option of no file move.
For example, I create a complicated directory structure for my 'downloads' folder which has eg utilities ...