While you do not have to schedule SyncToy to use it, some users may find it
helpful to schedule recurrent SyncToy runs. Perhaps you have a folder pair that
takes a long time to sync and you want to run SyncToy in the middle of the
night, for example.
SyncToy does not provide a user interface to schedule folder pairs to run at
designated times. However, there is a method to schedule tasks using the
Microsoft⌐ Windows⌐ operating system.
To schedule a task using the operating system:
From the Start menu, select All Programs - Accessories - System Tools -
Scheduled Tasks.
Select Add scheduled task
to start the Scheduled Task Wizard. You will see a list of possible programs to
run.
SyncToy may appear as an option in the list. If SyncToy does not appear in the
list, click Browse
and go find it.
The wizard will next prompt you to enter how often you want to run the
scheduled SyncToy (for example, daily, weekly, et cetera). Select a frequency.
The next page asks when to start the task. Select a start time.
The next page asks for the user name and password to run the program under.
Enter your user name and password.
The final page contains an option to open the properties dialog when the wizard
ends. Select this checkbox.
Modify the Run textbox to include the ûR command line option. ûR all by
itself will run all folder pairs that are active for run all. If you want to
run just a single folder pair, add ûRôMy Pairö to
the end of the command line.
there is a space before the hyphen but not one after the R. If the folder pair
name contains a space, surround it with quotation marks, as the example above
shows. For another example, assume that SyncToy is in the folder named C:\My
Folder and that you want to run a folder pair named "My folder pair." Enter the
command line as follows, including the quotation marks: "C:\My
Folder\SyncToy.exe" -R"My folder pair." Note that there are two sets of
quotation marks in this case: one is around the path to the SyncToy program
file and the other surrounds the folder pair name.
