I have a FreeFileSync batch icon my desktop (a .ffs_batch created by FreeFileSync). When I trigger a sync by double-clicking this icon there is no visual indicating that the sync was actually launched. I need to go down to the taskbar and then expand the system tray to see if the program is actually running just to be sure my double-click really took.
It would be nice to be able to have an option in FFS to just briefly flash a splash screen or some sort of quick visual indication that it actually launched.
If there is already some way to this, please advise!
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That defeats the purpose. You can move the icon from the expanded system tray to the taskbar so you can see it without interaction
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xCSxXenon, that's actually not true. You cannot move it from the system tray to the taskbar. It only shows up in the system tray while active and then disappears altogether. I also fail to see how giving the user an option to display a quick visual glimpse (again, as an option that can be turned on or off) would "defeat the purpose". The purpose is to run a sync job. Tell me how that impacts that in any way whatsoever.
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I misspoke, you can move it to the "taskbar" section of the system tray, instead of clicking ^ to see it. That way, it is next to the clock, you can see it start out as the green arrows, then it goes to a yellow square that gets smaller as the sync progresses. The purpose of a batch job is for non-interactive and silent processing. On the flip side, have you encountered a time where it didn't launch?
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Thanks for the clarification.
I have one rather old laptop that has a finicky touchpad. Sometimes when I double-click on something, nothing happens because it doesn't always pick up the double-click. For many programs it is evident pretty quickly that the double-click was not seen so I simply need to do it again. When there is no visual feedback I need to go and check whether the action was triggered or not.
I can understand batch files often being used for non-interactive purposes, but in this particular case, FFS creates an icon. Clearly an icon is an interactive object :-).
I was merely trying to point out that this would be a useful feature to me. Since there is apparently no other demand for this, please feel free to ignore the suggestion.
However, I thank you for the responses and for your time.
I have one rather old laptop that has a finicky touchpad. Sometimes when I double-click on something, nothing happens because it doesn't always pick up the double-click. For many programs it is evident pretty quickly that the double-click was not seen so I simply need to do it again. When there is no visual feedback I need to go and check whether the action was triggered or not.
I can understand batch files often being used for non-interactive purposes, but in this particular case, FFS creates an icon. Clearly an icon is an interactive object :-).
I was merely trying to point out that this would be a useful feature to me. Since there is apparently no other demand for this, please feel free to ignore the suggestion.
However, I thank you for the responses and for your time.
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Did you try unchecking the Run Minimized box when saving the batch-file?
