Schedule Task Run forever and No minimized process

[profoundisputes]

I am running Windows 10 with FreeFileSync 11.3 and I scheduled a task to run a ffs_batch file every morning at 7am. I wanted the window to pop up so that I can view the transfer everyday.

When I run the ffs_batch file manually by double clicking, the gui pops and runs just as expected.

When the task in task scheduler runs the ffs_batch file the window does not popup and there is no minimized process to click on. I do hear the chime for when the sync is complete but no gui at all. Using process explorer it just shows a parent process of FreeFileSync.exe (Child of svchost.exe) with a child process of FreeFileSync_x64.exe. I tried right clicking the process in process explorer and going to "windows" to try and bring it forward but its grey out. When I end the task in the Task Scheduler manager I end up with a FreeFileSync_x64.exe process constantly running in the background. Which I have to kill forcefully in process explorer.

Thanks in advanced for any help.

[profoundisputes]

Figured it out. I have "Run whether user is logged on or not" checked. I put it on "Run only when user is logged on" and it solved the issue.

[gazzar]

@profoundisputes - Thanks for posting this. I had same issue, and came to the same conclusion. My preference is to setup the task to run even when the specified user is not logged on, so I am ensured my files are backed up every night at midnight, even if someone has logged out the specified user account...

I would like to better understand why "Run whether user is logged on or not" launches two FFS background processes. This seems to hang FFS, but I don't understand why.

Does anyone know why this happens?

[xCSxXenon]

Yes, when run as SYSTEM, it won't show the GUI which is what that checkbox controls. The two FFS entries is normal behavior from what I have seen