Scheduled Tasks Sunday, March 19, 2006 at 10:53 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Paul Hewitt (238 messages posted) I am trying to get a scheduled task to run daily. I am trying to use xxcopy to perform an incremental backup of one drive to another. If I open a command prompt and type in xxcopy g: i:\hdrive /backup /bn it runs the backup and copies only new files. I have tested it several times by creating text files and it works perfectly. When I put it in Scheduled Tasks though nothing happens. I put in the identical command string and set the time to run a few minutes ahead and sit back and wait. Nothing happens. The new file is not copied and I can't tell if scheduler ran at all. I tried putting that command in a batch file but when I tried to run it it said "Incorrect syntax". I am stumped. Anyone have a clue as to what could be wrong? Or how about a 3rd party task scheduler? Responses to this message: re: Scheduled Tasks (Rich Kurtz: Sunday, March 19, 2006 at 11:15 am) All messages in this thread [show all] Scheduled Tasks (Paul Hewitt: Sun, Mar 19, 2006, 10:53 am) re: Scheduled Tasks (Rich Kurtz: Sun, Mar 19, 2006, 11:15 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum