It occurred to me you could do the same thing using a similar batch file, the command line copy operation in Windows and Windows Scheduled Tasks. This allowed me to create a batch file to automatically close Outlook before the backup and a second batch file to re-open Outlook after the backup finish. One of the reasons I use Second Copy is because you can automatically run applications before and after the backup operation. While Microsoft has something called Personal Folders Backup to manually backup Outlook, using it interrupts my workflow and it isn’t automatic. When I originally configured it, my Outlook PST backup would fail because you can’t copy the file while Outlook is open. ![]() You can schedule backups a million ways with custom profiles depending on whether you need to copy entire directories, only back up files that change or only look for new data at certain times of day. I use an app called Second Copy for most of my backups.
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