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Technically it shouldn’t. I suppose if Windows is accessing it for some reason then it’ll show as changed to File History. Are the dates the same for each file?
Perhaps this is a bug.
File History Backup making multiple copies
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New #12
Here's an example. Notice the dates and file name.
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New #13
They’re all different dates. This will be the dates the backup were created, what’s the date on the original file?
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New #14
Maybe I'm missing something. I only downloaded the file once yet it was copied by File History many times.
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New #15
I don’t have an answer for that other than perhaps File History believes the file has changed even though it hasn’t.
Have you filed a bug report via Feedback app?
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New #16
FH should not be copying the file if it is unchanged. I can't tell why it ids doing so, but suggest you remove the Downloads folder from FH anyway - not much point in it. You should tweak the folders it is backing up to only what you need - and most of the stuff in your profile (which is where it seems to start from) is pointless - as you wouldn't know how & when to restore most of the files anyway. So check what folders it is doing...
This is my list (found under settings>update>backup>more options - bizarrely, one cannot set this from Control Panel (poor old CP, we loved having you around).
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New #17
File History isn't entirely reliable. When it plays up I reset File History as follows:
- Stop FH
- Delete the FH configuration files at C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Configuration
- Restart FH and select to use the same backup drive as before
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New #18
We'll do that.
Thanks, everyone
Pete
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