Auto shutdown after backup

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KenWA
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Auto shutdown after backup

Post by KenWA »

My daily routine is to run Fbackup every evening. In previous versions I set it to backup and then shut down the PC. I have done the same with version 5. It backs up everything as requested, then displays the usual message saying shut down will occur in x seconds but it never shuts down.

Is there a secret way of getting this useful option to work?

Adrian (Softland)
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Re: Auto shutdown after backup

Post by Adrian (Softland) »

Hi,

The shutdown should work as expected.
Please open Even Viewer and see if there was any warning/error at that time, when the computer tried to shutdown.

KenWA
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Re: Auto shutdown after backup

Post by KenWA »

The computer does not "try to shutdown" -- nothing happens and I have to shut down manually.
Event viewer does not show any errors.

Adrian (Softland)
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Re: Auto shutdown after backup

Post by Adrian (Softland) »

Hi,

Do you have the same problem if you create a new small backup job to shutdown the computer after running the backup?

nosliwyrag
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Re: Auto shutdown after backup

Post by nosliwyrag »

I posted the same question 3-4 weeks ago, but got no responses so quit checking. Backup jobs have not automatically shut down ever since I updated to Windows 8. I've tried a long list of things, none of which has worked :(

Adrian (Softland)
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Re: Auto shutdown after backup

Post by Adrian (Softland) »

@nosliwyrag: You created 3 duplicate topics with the same problem, same text. Please create a single topic for one problem.

After backup, does the message appear that your computer will shut down in few seconds?

KenWA
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Re: Auto shutdown after backup

Post by KenWA »

I am using Win 7 (64) and had no problems with previous versions but lost the backup with build 5.218. I today installed the latest build 5.230 (listed as FINAL) and on testing the backup worked as required. It would seem that although no one admitted it, this was a bug in build 213. Only time will tell whether this works every day but perhaps you should try the latest build anyway.

KenWA
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Re: Auto shutdown after backup

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Sad news. On the second try it failed to shut down. What a pity. A beautiful program rather ruined by some careless programming.

Adrian (Softland)
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Re: Auto shutdown after backup

Post by Adrian (Softland) »

@KenWA: I can assure you we don't have such problems here.
Can you give me access to your computer using TeamViewer to see what the problem is?
Please write us an email to info[at]fbackup[dot]com to fix a day when we can connect.

nosliwyrag
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Re: Auto shutdown after backup

Post by nosliwyrag »

I apologise, but it did get me a response this time.

OK, I forgot something: the last time, I spotted the comments re. B-tray and tried that fix. I reported that it worked. I was mistaken. It worked only one time, then Fb quit shutting down the computer again. When I checked, the tray icon was still turned off. I decided to take a look again, since there have been updates since I installed Fb5. I found that the tray icon was back on, so I turned it off again. My computer did shutdown last night. We'll see what happens tonight. Will it shut down again, or will this be another one-time affair.

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