Schedule Batch Job in Windows Task Planner (Windows XP)

1. Create a new batch job via FreeFileSync's main dialog:
   Menu->Advanced->Create batch job and save it, for example, as "C:\SyncJob.ffs_batch".

2. Make sure you enable checkbox "Silent mode" to prevent showing a status dialog at the end of the process.

3. If you want to avoid error or warning popup messages from stopping the process set "Error handling" to either "Exit instantly" or "Ignore errors".

4. Start Windows Task Scheduler: Go to Start->Control Panel->Scheduled Tasks and select "Add Scheduled Task".

5. Follow the wizard and choose "C:\SyncJob.ffs_batch" as program to run.

   • If you are using the locally installed version of FreeFileSync, *.ffs_batch files are automatically associated with the tool and field "Run:" can be directly filled with the filename:
     "C:\SyncJob.ffs_batch"
     

   • If file associations have not been set (portable installation), "Run:" has to be prefixed with the executable:
     "D:\FreeFileSync\FreeFileSync.exe" "C:\SyncJob.ffs_batch"
     

Note:
Beginning with Windows Vista, the command always needs to be prefixed with the executable even if file associations are set:
→ "D:\FreeFileSync\FreeFileSync.exe" "C:\SyncJob.ffs_batch
Else the task will return with error code 0xC1, "%1 is not a valid Win32 application".