Automation
Automation - this page allows automatic functions to be setup. If one of these functions is set to something besides "Do Not Perform" or "Use Scheduler", a shortcut in the Startup directory will check to see if it is time to perform the function every time Windows is started.
Start WinRescue and Wait - at the selected interval (daily, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, or never) WinRescue will start when Windows is started.
Automatically Perform Backup - at the selected interval (daily, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, or never) WinRescue will start and perform a backup when Windows is started. The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th refer to the Backup Configs. Perform 1st Backup will backup using the settings for Config1. You can use as many of these as you wish.
If you have registered WinRescue and are not displaying the startup screen, these functions will be automatically performed at the selected interval without the need for any input by you. If you want WinRescue to remain running after these operations are performed, set the "Start WinRescue 98 and Wait" function.
Use Task Scheduler - each of the Automation functions can be set to Use Task Scheduler. Task Scheduling can be done using the "at" command, task.exe, or WinAT. You can use these schedulers or find others on the internet.
To run WinRescue with a scheduler you must add " schedule" (that is a space and the word, schedule) to the end of the filename. So it should look something like, c:\winres~2\rescue.exe schedule, depending on where WinRescue is located. If there is a space in the filename, quote marks should be put around the filename and path only, for example, "C:\Program Files\WinRescue\Rescue.exe" schedule. Using "schedule" without any additional parameters will run the Automated options that are set to "Use Scheduler".
If you would like to run certain functions, you can add the following parameters.
To have it run Start and Wait use 's' or 'S'.
To run Config1 use '1'.
To run Config2 use '2'.
To run Config3 use '3'.
To run Config4 use '4'.
These parameters must come after the 'schedule' parameter and must all be separated by a space. You can use more than one, but each must be separated by a space. So if you wanted the Scheduler to run WinRescue and backup Config2 and Config4, the command line would look like, '"C:\WinRescue\rescue.exe" schedule 2 4' (without ').
Seconds to pause... - If you are having problems with WinRescue jamming up at startup during automation functions, set this to specify how many seconds to wait before WinRescue runs. You may set this to any number between 0 and 999. 0 disables the pause. 1 sets it to 30 seconds. 2 to 999 sets it to pause for that amount of seconds. The pause only is inserted during Automated functions at startup. This allows other programs at startup to start.
I suggest trying 30 seconds to start out with. If that doesn't work, set it to a higher number.
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