

If one side is always the “model” and the other side is always the “mirror”, i.e. You may also want to remove the last checkmark, “Enable Special Safety Warnings”, because these can prevent deletions from being carried out. To do so, please edit the profile in Advanced Mode, go to the Safety->Unattended tab sheet and make sure that deletions are enabled. Important note for all sync modes regarding deletions: if you want to run the profile in unattended mode, for example by running the scheduler, then you need to also give it explicit permission to delete the files. The post Running the scheduler as a service on Windows appeared first on Syncovery. You can even connect to a remote computer and control and watch the service running there. Even though the service is normally invisible, you can get a pretty good picture of what it’s currently doing or planning to do, using the Scheduler tab sheet of the main application window.Deleting to the recycle bin is not supported by the service.Rather than specifying the full path for the network connection, you can also try specifying just \\servername Use this setting on the Job tab sheet in the profile: Network Connections… However, in many cases this is not needed. If this is not sufficient, you can provide a username and password for the network resource in each profile.Also in order to enable access to a network drive, please try using a UNC path such as \\servername\sharename\foldername rather than a mapped drive letter.

Windows Explorer should have already stored the password. Choose an account that has network access without Windows Explorer asking for a password for the network drive. Make sure that you specify a user account where you know that Windows Explorer has access to the volumes that you need.

To change the log on account, please uninstall and then re-install the service.

This is done when clicking on the Install… button on the Scheduler tab sheet to install the service. In order to access network drives, the service must be given a log on account.Then you will see the service-specific install/uninstall, start/stop buttons. If the “Background Scheduler” is running, please stop it and then choose Use: Service Scheduler. The service is installed and started from the Scheduler tab sheet of the main application window.This means that scheduled synchronizations take place without users having to log on. The scheduler can run as a Windows Service.The name of the service is the Syncovery Service. A user can also log out while the service is running a job. Service runs invisibly in the background without users noticing it. The service will start up automatically with Windows, even while no user has logged on yet. Running the scheduler as a service is a little more difficult to set up, but it has some advantages. This article applies only to Microsoft Windows.
