Schedule Backup with Windows Task Scheduler

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Joined: 28 Feb 2013

sgbooth

Hi new to the Forum and looking to use FreeFile Sync with Windows Task Scheduler.
At the moment I have a couple of backups saved ready to automate.
If I manually run them, they fail unless I have started FFS with administrative privileges.
So if I schedule them to run under Task Scheduler, will I need to do anything special ?

The backups are from a laptop (Windows 7 Ultimate) USB external drive across a wireless network into a NAS server.
Thanks.
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srjones67

Set it up just like any other task that you would run in task scheduler. Be sure to set it up as a user that has all the privileges that your sync routine needs. i.e. File and folder privileges.
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Joined: 28 Feb 2013

sgbooth

Thanks, I'll give it a go.