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I figured this out by comparing the old and new installations!

C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\FreeFileSync\GlobalSettings.xml

When 11.3 was installed, this file started with the following:
<FreeFileSync XmlType="GLOBAL" XmlFormat="19">
<General>

When 11.9 was installed, this file started ...

Interestingly, a vanilla installation of RTS 11.9 on a brand new server works just fine with a nearly identical configuration.

Maybe there is a remnant of the 11.3 install that is preventing newer versions from working? I've been doing a full uninstall of 11.3 and install of 11.9 to upgrade, but if ...

Since RTS breaks just going from 11.3 to 11.4, I suspect it's being caused by something that was changed in 11.4, but the change notes don't give me enough hints to identify anything.

Even though RTS is running, should I use Process Explorer and create a dump for debugging?

I am using RTS, setup through Task Scheduler to run as a specific user. This user has "logon as batch job" permissions, but cannot be used to actually login to the Windows server. The job is setup to sync a folder on the server's local hard drive to a shared folder on another server using a UNC path ...

I am running FreeFileSync on a Windows 2012 R2 server, with RealTimeSync setup as a batch job in Task Scheduler. The batch job user ONLY has "logon as batch" permissions and not "logon locally", which has been working fine for months at version 11.0.

I upgraded to 11.4 after downloading the ...