Posted June 27, 200816 yr I have SyncToy (version 1.2.0.75) set to run "All Folder Pairs" automatically from a Scheduled task. I experienced three sets of symptoms: 1. The SyncToy automatic backup stopped working 2. On occasions, SyncToy would not start up when I tried to run it - no errors were reported, the window simply failed to open. 3. On occasions, when I tried to shut down Windows XP, the shutdown process would hang (fail) with a WindowsFormsParkingWindow error message. I believe that all three sets of symptoms were caused by one problem, namely that the path name for one of the files which was supposed to be backed up by SyncToy was too long for it to handle. I discovered this by doing a manual "All Folder Pairs" run which resulted in a Path Too Long message. I presume that when the automatic scheduled run encountered this file it caused SyncToy to crash without shutting down properly, resulting in symptoms 2 and 3 mentioned above. I hope this helps someone who encounters the same set of problems as me.
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