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

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

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

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

     Attention:
     The portable version of FreeFileSync reads/writes all global settings from the current working directory, while the installer based version uses "%appdata%\FreeFileSync". So in former case make sure the working directory is filled appropriately in field "Start in:" to point to the directory containing respective GlobalSettings.xml.