Problem
You want to backup file automatically with SyncToy.
Solution
You can setup SyncToy to run automatically. Here are the steps:
- Setup SyncToy Folder Pairs
- Use Control Panel to Access “Scheduled Tasks”
Scheduled Sync - Scheduled Tasks - Add a new Scheduled Task
Scheduled Sync - Add Scheduled Tasks - Select SyncToyCmd.exe as the program to run
Scheduled Sync - SyncToyCmd - Select when to run the task and as which user.
Scheduled Backup - Add a -R at the end of the task. Option “R” stand for all folder pairs.
Add -R outside of the quotation mark
Now your files will be backup automatically at your specified date and time in a command window.