Windows 7 shadow service Supported?

j-a-c-k · Post by **j-a-c-k** » Tue Nov 11, 2014 8:46 pm

Backup fails to backup open files, log indicates that windows volume shadow copy not available.
I have found posts indicating that this feature only works in Windows XP and lower.
What is the situation?
Does fbackup 5 support open file backup in Windows 7 - 8 ?

Adrian (Softland) · Post by **Adrian (Softland)** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 1:40 pm

Hi,

Volume shadow copy service works on Windows XP and NEWER/LATER (not lower).
So it should work on Windows 7.
Please make sure all other conditions are met. Is the service started on your computer?

j-a-c-k · Post by **j-a-c-k** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 9:06 pm

I uninstalled everything, purged the registry of all things softland and went on to delete the uncleaned files and cleaned up the Task directory used by the scheduler.

I downloaded the final code 5.2.631 and reinstalled.

Fbackup now seems to generate the shadow files correctly.

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