Windows File History cannot Turn On

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  1. Rez Huq

    Rez Huq MDL Novice

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    EeroS MDL Senior Member

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    The second pic is from a older Windows 10 version (propably 1709 or older). Have you tried different formats on drives? What kind of drive you are trying to use for backups?
     
  3. kaljukass

    kaljukass MDL Guru

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    Make shortcut or run this
    C:\Windows\System32\FileHistory.exe
    or
    %windir%\System32\FileHistory.exe
    Control Panel\System and Security\File History
    You must at first enable filehistory and then configure it.
    If it all have been done, only after that You can use it.
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  4. kaljukass

    kaljukass MDL Guru

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    I personally don't use it, but just out of curiosity I tried now.
    I have Windows 10 x64 Pro version 21H1 OS Build 19043.1023 and absolutely everything works.
    I don't use it because it's very rudimentary and primitive. It also doesn't allow to choose what I want to sync.
    But the fact that you have a problem there has to be a local problem.
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  5. Rez Huq

    Rez Huq MDL Novice

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    I have Windows 10 x64 Pro version 21H1 OS Build 19043.985. and I also faced this issue during 20H2.
    I knew it is rudimentary, that's why I also requested in the beginning, please suggest me if there is any lightweight but freeware/open-source available to auto-sync my files to take backups in the external drives.
    So, how to solve this local problem?!?
     
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    Rez Huq MDL Novice

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    Hello Altruist, please help....please suggest me if there is any lightweight but freeware/open-source available to auto-sync my pc docs/pdfs/files to take backups in the external drives.