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- TASKZIP F.A.Q.
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- QUESTIONS
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- 1. Why do backup jobs I scheduled never run, even if the
- scheduled time is just 5 minutes into the future and I sit
- watching?
-
- 2. Why do I get the "ERR#13 Type Mismatch" error?
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- 3. Where can I get free compression libraries like TaskZip uses?
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- 4. How can I get TaskZip to run as an NT Service?
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- 5. Why do I get the "ERR#52 TaskZip - Bad file name or number"
- error?
-
- 6. Why won't the /RUN command line options work properly when
- I try to run TaskZip from my own scheduler?
-
- 7. Why do I get the "ERR#6 - Overflow" error?
-
- 8. Why won't TaskZip automatically run silently on startup
- even though I have the /SILENT switch on the shortcut?
-
- 9. Is there a work-around for accessing password protected
- folders with TaskZip?
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- 10. Is TaskZip able to compress more than 2GB of data?
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- 11. How is TaskZip affected by BIOS power saver settings?
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- ANSWERS
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- 1. I schedule backup jobs, but they never run. Why?
-
- [a] TaskZip is designed to pause all scheduled backup jobs while
- the primary "Scheduled Backup Jobs" window is opened. This
- is done to prevent previously scheduled backup jobs from auto-
- matically executing, thereby interrupting the work that the
- user was doing.
-
- To get TaskZip running, just close down the main dialog box
- (or "Scheduled Backup Jobs") so that only the tray icon is
- visible. TaskZip will do its backups as long as that icon
- is running and no other TaskZip form is visible.
-
- [b] Be sure that your source and target servers do not have a
- screen saver running that might interefer with the automatic
- run. Also check BIOS power saver settings for hard-drive
- .
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- 2. Why do I get the "13 Type Mismatch" error?
-
- One user found and emailed me the solution for this bug that
- some users experience after upgrading to build 19+ (thank you
- for emailing it to me as I could not reproduce it).
-
- He found that after uninstalling TaskZip, and then re-
- installing the newer build, the 13 Type Mismatch occurred.
- He checked the TaskZip directory and found remnants of the
- original installation (user backup job .tzp files in the
- Backup folder). He then deleted all existing backup jobs
- and reinstalled finding that everything works.
-
- This should not be the case; TaskZip should automatically
- work with existing backup jobs, but in some cases it does
- not. So, delete them and re-create them in the newer
- version to work-around the bug.
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- 3. Where can I get free compression libraries like TaskZip uses?
-
- Here are a few different areas you can look into:
- - InfoZip has several wonderful freeware zip components. Their
- website is:
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- http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/
-
- - Another good site is zlib. I haven't looked too much into it,
- but it is supposed to be good:
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- http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/
-
- - A user emailed me with the following great links that I
- still have not delved into yet:
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- http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/
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- http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Network/2114/
-
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- 4. How can I get TaskZip to run as an NT Service?
-
- One aproach would be to try this application that converts
- a standard .exe into a service:
-
- http://www.istare.com/software/ntrunner/
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- 5. Why do I get the "ERR#52 TaskZip - Bad file name or number"
- error?
-
- Several instances were fixed with newer versions, they were
- bugs.
-
- However, if you attempt to access folders and files that are
- secured by a user name and password (such as Samba shares
- on a Linux server), then you will get this error and there
- is no current work-around other than to change around the
- security (not a good solution). Thank you Michal Fryska for
- pointing out this bug.
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- 6. Why won't the /RUN command line options work properly when
- I try to run TaskZip from my own scheduler?
-
- You need to layout the command line as follows:
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- <TaskZip.Exe path> /RUN <TaskZip Backup Job filename>
-
- "C:\Program Files\TaskZip\TaskZip.exe" /RUN BackupJob.tzp
-
- If you are having problems, try using a backup job name
- without spaces and if you must (Win95, etc.) use 8 char-
- acters or less in the filename.
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- 7. Why do I get the "ERR#6 - Overflow" error?
-
- One or more of your .tzp files (probably existing from a
- very old build of TaskZip that was not properly upgraded)
- is missing 14 lines at the top of the file.
-
- The easiest fix is to move all the .tzp jobs to a temporary
- directory, then move them back to their original locations
- under the ..\TaskZip\BackupJobs\ folder, running TaskZip
- after each move, until you find the broken files.
-
- Rebuild the broken files manually is the easiest fix, unless
- you want to copy the missing lines from another working .tzp
- files and reconstruct the bad file with Notepad.
-
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- 8. Why won't TaskZip automatically run silently on startup
- even though I have the /SILENT switch on the shortcut?
-
- [a] In rare circumstances, users upgrading from an old build
- to v2.07 encountered a bug whereby the "taskzip.txt" file
- had preferences for SaveFormSize set to 0 instead of -1
- and the FormSize was set to nothing but should have
- been set to 1,-1,-1,-1,-1,251,229,772,538.
-
- This tip was sent in by Franck Charreire.
-
- [b] There was also a bug through build 2.04.07 where the
- File | Preferences setting (checkbox) for
- "Save Screen Size" set to yes would cause the bug,
- so fix was to set to No.
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- 9. Is there a work-around for accessing password protected
- folders with TaskZip?
-
- There are two work-arounds, and neither is perfect.
-
- [a] Create a mapped drive that has the password included.
- Reference the mapped drive for TaskZip folder selection.
-
- [b] This is a temporary fix, but open the folder with MS
- Explorer one time, and subsequent opens by TaskZip
- will not require the password again (I did not test
- out this scenario, but a user reported that it works).
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- 10. Is TaskZip able to compress more than 2GB of data?
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- At present, the zip file protocol will handle either 2GB
- or 4GB depending on whom you ask (look at WinZip and other
- utilities, they have the same size limit for zip files).
- I would assume that TaskZip's max limit is 2GB (I have not
- tested larger than this, although I have had users say
- that they have exceeded 2GB).
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- 11. How is TaskZip affected by BIOS power saver settings?
-
- [a] If it is a monitor power saver setting, then there is no
- problem, leave it as it is.
-
- [b] If the machine on which TaskZip runs has power-saver
- settings so that the hard-drive stops spinning, then
- that is no longer a problem as TaskZip will wait for
- the drive to startup.
-
- [c] If the machine with hard-drive power-saver shut-off is
- the target machine (where backup is placed), then
- ditto [b] above.
-
- [d] If the machine with hard-drive power-saver shut-off is
- the source file machine(s), then you have a problem
- and you need to either stop using the hard-drive power-
- down, or put TaskZip on that system so that option [a]
- above overrides the problem.
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