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Edgar, the shortcut must include in its configuration the additional command line option passing in the ffs_real file you want to run, you cannot just start up RealTimeSync or all it will do is run in GUI mode, showing you the dialog you are seeing and listing the last set of folders you had asked ...

Michael...

I put ONLY a shortcut for the .ffs_real file in my startup folder... and that invisibly started automatic backups. Including a shortcut to RealTimeSync.exe no matter whether listed first or second in the startup folder always left the start window showing.

Thanks,

Edgar

Michael...

You are MOST kind to offer this detailed advice. I will do my best to follow your instructions, and report back.

Thank you SO much.

Edgar

Unfortunately, other than srjones67, no one has tried to give me explicit help. Will someone please be kind enough to look at my original two posts, which includes the exact command line I am currently using, and suggest how to exactly modify it to get FreeFileSync to start automatically without ...

"C:\Program Files\FreeFileSync\RealtimeSync.exe" "C:\MyConfig.ffs_real"

This was found in the help for FFS. Look there. There is a good help section on RTS.
SrJones... I saw that in the help file (after it was suggested that I RTFM)... but I was not clear whether the MyConfig part was a generic ...

You suggested above: "Add a .ffs_real of .ffs_batch as first command line arguments."

I would like you to show me by example, in my command line above, how exactly to do this and what exactly it should look like.

Z... thanks for replying, but I don't understand your instructions. Below is my command line and the batch file. Please put in exactly what I am supposed to add in:

"C:\Program Files\FreeFileSync\FreeFileSync.exe" "C:\Program Files\FreeFileSync\SyncJob.ffs_batch"

Attachment has syncjob.ffs.batch ...

I put RealTimeSync in my Windows 7 startup folder so that it along with FreeFileSync will automatically backup on particular file every time I edit it.

The problem: RealTimeSync requires me to press the "start" button in its app every time I turn on my computer. Is there some way for it to start ...