File History not running

What happens if you run file history from Control Panel?



I mean to say I saw the error message you are getting, but why I have no idea?

From Control Panel GUI, you should be able to click "File History" immediately; not System and Security.

EDIT: Sorry, I just saw why you went to "System and Security" but I still would be interested if you got the same error from the Control Panel GUI.

Another quick thought:

Is the drive that you are intending to use for the "File History" listed twice in your Navigation Pane in File Explorer?

Shanester said:

The only error message is when I try to open Event Viewer from the Control Panel. I'm assuming that there was no error back when File History work.

From the Control Panel I can run File History manually, but even thought I have "Save copies of files:" set to "Every 10 minutes", it doesn't run.

I'm really frustrated.

Shane.

I understand.

I had the same problem before myself with "File History" not running on the selected schedule and I'm trying to remember if it had to do with system file corruption.

You might want to run sfc /scannow from an Administrative Command Prompt and check for file corruption.

Shanester said:

No, it is only listed once there.



You mean you fixed it? Please let me know if you can remember.

I might have to let sfc run overnight.

Shane.

Yes, I fixed it, but no longer use it; so the fix evades me at the moment.

This is obviously on your computer with the 1 TB drive.

Ouch - yeah, it could take overnight to run it, but sometimes it has to be run more than once with a reboot in-between and a reboot after if it does find corruption. Some times the corruption cannot be repaired and in which case the DISM repair command must be ran as an alternate repair option.

Shanester said:

It is an HP USB 3.0 External Portable Drive (px3100).

I will let you know how the sfc goes.

Shane.

Well, the SFC scan is intended for your main computer unless you have reason to believe your External Portable Drive (px3100) is somehow the problematic device..... in which case you could try hooking the portable drive to a usb port on the back of the computer instead of a front port usb.

EDIT: Wait a minute, that is a Notebook or Elitebook computer isn't it?

Shanester said:

I ran sfc and it said "Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files and successfully repaired them." It seems to be working now.

Good to hear and you are most Welcome!

Remember to run sfc after major Cumulative updates as well.

I recently tried File History just for the heck of it (been years) and it wouldn't run on schedule, so I checked my system with sfc and low and behold it found corruption and fixed it which in turn allowed File History to run on the every ten minute schedule.

Windows Update hasn't corrupted my system in a while, so I guess it was do. I had started a thread a while back pointing out that after every major Cumulative Update my System File Checker (sfc) would find corruption and fix it. It was only doing it after Cumulative Updates for about three months straight and then recently stopped about two months ago and then did it after this last Cumulative Update.

So, I just made it a habit to run sfc at least once a week - it fixes a lot of things that you wouldn't think of.

Windows Update not updating is one of the major things that my sfc scans kept fixing. They have a Troubleshooter specifically for Windows Update, yet sfc is what fixed it - Go figure!