Latest version 11.8 on Windows 10:
1) RealTimeSync doesn't monitor folders (doesn't notice any changes in the directories) when RTS is run as a service; if launched manually, the RTS job sees directory changes and calls the FFS job;
2) FFS job calls a completion batch job (.bat), but the job doesn't run (I believe it's getting called but silently failing). If the batch job is run manually, it works fine.
When I uninstall 11.8 and install an older version 10.x without changing anything else, (1) and (2) both work fine.
Has 11.8 changed something perhaps to do with the user context that they are running in? Do they need to be run as Administrator? If so, how to do that?
I'm out of ideas, having battled with this for hours. All I know is, version 10.x works fine but 11.8 doesn't.
11.8 multiple bugs
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I know this OP was having issues with running as SYSTEM, I don't know if it is related. You could try running as a normal user to test. I don't think that solves anything if it works anyway, but that's all I have unfortunately.
I know this OP was having issues with running as SYSTEM, I don't know if it is related. You could try running as a normal user to test. I don't think that solves anything if it works anyway, but that's all I have unfortunately.
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Ok, so my solution (which works flawlessly!) was to rollback to version 10.18.
I tested 10.25 (which is one of the versions that the developer infamously introduced his HTML logging feature which broke many people's scripts - originally introduced in 10.20) but sure enough, just like 11.18, my scripts wouldn't work as per my original post.
For more info about the logging bug, see:
viewtopic.php?t=7524&p=25547#p25547
As soon as I installed 10.18, all my scripts (including running as a service and calling .bat completion jobs) worked perfectly (which no changes needed to my scripts)!
This proves that the developer seriously broke something beginning with 10.25 and these issues persist with the latest 11.18 version.
Fortunately I don't need any of the new features (cloud sync, html logs), but it is troubling that I seem to be forever stuck running an old version that may one day cease to function on the latest Windows version.
After many years of using FFS, sadly and frustratingly, I probably need to go in search of a more robust solution (or code one myself). The developer, who I used to respect immensely, has in recent times become careless with his updates.
I hope other folks have better luck with FFS in the future.
I tested 10.25 (which is one of the versions that the developer infamously introduced his HTML logging feature which broke many people's scripts - originally introduced in 10.20) but sure enough, just like 11.18, my scripts wouldn't work as per my original post.
For more info about the logging bug, see:
viewtopic.php?t=7524&p=25547#p25547
As soon as I installed 10.18, all my scripts (including running as a service and calling .bat completion jobs) worked perfectly (which no changes needed to my scripts)!
This proves that the developer seriously broke something beginning with 10.25 and these issues persist with the latest 11.18 version.
Fortunately I don't need any of the new features (cloud sync, html logs), but it is troubling that I seem to be forever stuck running an old version that may one day cease to function on the latest Windows version.
After many years of using FFS, sadly and frustratingly, I probably need to go in search of a more robust solution (or code one myself). The developer, who I used to respect immensely, has in recent times become careless with his updates.
I hope other folks have better luck with FFS in the future.
