Promigra Server Migrator

One of the promised features of RichCopy is its ability to schedule file copy jobs. It would be nice if you could synchronize your folders or migrate a file server overnight when nobody is using the files. Unfortunately, it looks like the version 4.0.217 of RichCopy has a bug that prevents it from delivering the promised functionality. When I tried to create a schedule for one of my jobs the job was run immediately or not at all. Even if the schedule functionality in RichCopy worked, it would only allow you to run the task once at specified time.

RichCopy and Windows Scheduled Tasks

Fortunately, it is very easy to use RichCopy from the command line. If you combine command line execution with Windows Scheduled Tasks you have a winning combination and you will have plenty of options to run your RichCopy jobs. You can schedule it to run daily, weekly, monthly, only on specific days in a week, when you log-on, etc.
To schedule a RichCopy job go to Start/Control Panel/Scheduled Tasks and start the Add Scheduled Task wizard.

• When asked to select the program you want to run, scroll down to RichCopy or click the Browse button and find it on disk.
• Select the desired schedule.
• Before you finish the Wizard select the check box for "Open advanced properties for this task when I click Finish." The job properties window will appear.
• Go to edit box Run and append command line parameters at the end of the line.