I've just started using file history and think its pretty cool.  What I'd like to be able to do is configure File History to automatically run when any of the different users (the wife and kids) on my workstation log out or shut the machine down.

Does anyone know whether this is possible and if so how?

Cheers,

Paul

Hi Paul,

Essentially File History was designed to be easily interrupted and quick to resume. This way, File History can resume its operation without needing to start over when a system goes into sleep mode, when a user logs off, when the system gets too busy and needs more CPU cycles to complete foreground operations, or when the network connection is lost or saturated. And you only can only set it by time schedule by design.

File History takes into account:

If the user is present, meaning logged on and actively using the system.

If the machine is on AC or battery power.

When the last backup cycle was completed.

How many changes have been made since the last cycle.

Activity of foreground processes.

Based on all of these factors, it determines the optimal way to back up your data. If any of those conditions change, the service makes a decision to reduce or increase quota or suspend or terminate the backup cycle.

Personally I thinks there might be a registry entry for file history settings as least for time schedule settings, and I tried to create a task schedule trigger to breakthrough, however I didnt find any command for that.

Regards,

D. Wu