Cannot write file...

[vb4me]

Good morning,

I have two batch files to copy source code and SQL bak files to a separate directory. These batch file runs at startup and yield the following error messages

Cannot write file "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start
Menu\Programs\Startup\BackupDB.ffs_batch.f833.tmp".
Access is denied. [CreateFile]

Cannot write file "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start
Menu\Programs\Startup\VBDB.ffs_batch.f833.tmp"
Access is denied. [CreateFile]

What can I do to fix this?

I have the latest Donation version of FreeFileSync.

[xCSxXenon]

What you describe probably shouldn't be trying to write to those locations in the first place. Double check your locations in the configuration because it looks like you are trying to write to the Windows startup folder

[Zenju]

The ffs_batch file format has slightly changed in the latest version, and FFS tries to automatically convert to the newer version, which fails in this case.

[xCSxXenon]

So is the best solution to open those batch configurations in FFS, re-save them, and then move the newly saved version to the startup folder to overwrite the old version?

[Zenju]

Yes, or just open them in FFS started with admin rights.