Question : Problem: SyncToy Scheduled Task Not Working Correctly - Works when I right-click and pick "Run Now"

I have a backup folder on a server 2003 server that I'm trying to sync (echo, left to right) with a network folder.  I set up the pair in Sync Toy, then made a scheduled task with the following details to run Sync Toy to sync to folders:

Run: C:\SyncToy\SyncToy.exe -R
Start in: C:\SyncToy
Run As: [an account in the admin group on the server]

Problem is it doesn't copy any files over to the network location...the task is supposed to run at 4:00am but when I come in at 8:30 its still "running." At least the scheduled tasks says its running...when I look at the network folder no files have been copied over.

Crazy thing is if I right click the task and select "run now" it runs fine and copies the files.

I have tried this with making the mapping the network folder to a drive and just putting the network location in Sync Toy, neither work.

Any ideas?  Alternatively if anyone has a sync program they prefer, let me know.

Answer : Problem: SyncToy Scheduled Task Not Working Correctly - Works when I right-click and pick "Run Now"

Are you sure that the scheduled task RunAs account ("account in the admin group on the server") has file security AND file share rights on BOTH the source and the target? Just being in the admin group on the server does not necessarily mean this is so - only if the target directory has the Administrators group applied to it with modify or full permission, and the share is writeable by that account.

When you right-click the task and "Run Now" it probably runs as your own account rather than the one you setup in the scheduled task.