# WinXP SyncToy and Scheduled Tasks

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winxp-synctoy-and-scheduled-tasks/335550
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [December 14, 2005, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winxp-synctoy-and-scheduled-tasks/335550 "2005-12-14T06:56:15Z")
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#### Post date: [December 14, 2005, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winxp-synctoy-and-scheduled-tasks/335550/1 "2005-12-14T06:56:15Z")

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I’ve been using SyncToy (one of the free PowerToys downloads for Windows XP) to manually copy the My Documents folder to another hard drive. I’ve been trying to automate this by creating a scheduled task in Windows XP, but haven’t been able to get it to work this way. Has anyone done this successfully?