Vista - Re: How to make FolderShare work when nobody is logged in?

12-15-2007

I am curious if there is further update on how successful and reliable the
idea of running as service worked out.

Also related issue I have placed my foldershare libraries on an external
drive to my laptop. It looses libraries when you unplug and replug or if
there is a power outage. Is there anyway to automate the process of
foldershare looking for and finding its old library locations without having
to restablish them manually.
--
KD

"Parag" wrote:

Quote:

> Thanks for the hint Jason.
> I was able to run it as a Service using the Windows Resource Kit Tools. More
> info can be found at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q137890/. This article
> explains how one can run an application as a service. Initial results are
> looking good. Need to test more though.
>
> -Parag
>
> "Jason Dunn" wrote:
>

Quote:

> > >I have recently started using FolderShare to sync files between two
> > > computers. However I was very disappointed to see that I have to be logged
> > > on
> > > on both my machines to ensure that my the files get synced. Is there any
> > > way
> > > where I can just keep my machine switched on (connected to the Internet)
> > > and
> > > the files get synced without me loggin on on one or both the machines?

> >
> > There's no official way. FolderShare is a program, not a service. To do what
> > you want, you'd need to get FolderShare to run as a service with some sort
> > of third-party program:
> >
> > http://www.application-as-service.com/
> >
> > I haven't tested this, so I'm not sure if it would work. Myself, I just
> > leave my Media Center PC turned on all the time so FolderShare always has a
> > "live" source.
> >
> > Jason Dunn
> > www.digitalmediathoughts.com
> >

12-15-2007	#1 (permalink)
KD n/a posts	Re: How to make FolderShare work when nobody is logged in? I am curious if there is further update on how successful and reliable the idea of running as service worked out. Also related issue I have placed my foldershare libraries on an external drive to my laptop. It looses libraries when you unplug and replug or if there is a power outage. Is there anyway to automate the process of foldershare looking for and finding its old library locations without having to restablish them manually. -- KD "Parag" wrote: Quote: > Thanks for the hint Jason. > I was able to run it as a Service using the Windows Resource Kit Tools. More > info can be found at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q137890/. This article > explains how one can run an application as a service. Initial results are > looking good. Need to test more though. > > -Parag > > "Jason Dunn" wrote: > Quote: Quote: > > >I have recently started using FolderShare to sync files between two > > > computers. However I was very disappointed to see that I have to be logged > > > on > > > on both my machines to ensure that my the files get synced. Is there any > > > way > > > where I can just keep my machine switched on (connected to the Internet) > > > and > > > the files get synced without me loggin on on one or both the machines? > > > > There's no official way. FolderShare is a program, not a service. To do what > > you want, you'd need to get FolderShare to run as a service with some sort > > of third-party program: > > > > http://www.application-as-service.com/ > > > > I haven't tested this, so I'm not sure if it would work. Myself, I just > > leave my Media Center PC turned on all the time so FolderShare always has a > > "live" source. > > > > Jason Dunn > > www.digitalmediathoughts.com > >
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