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How to disable confirmation sound?

john
in Acrosync for Windows
Hello,

I'm testing Acrosync at the moment. Most parts work as I need, but I have some questions.

-How can I disable the confirmation sound of a successfull backup? I'm using sheduled backups and don't want the computer to play this sound regularly.

-How can I save the programmed backup jobs?


I know the jobs are saved in the registry. Thus, I could copy the registry key to save the settings. But if I work in the registry etc. I could use free rsync with a batch file and the windows task planner instead of paying 25$ for a GUI.

Just as information: Your installer still does not invoke the admin mode automatically. The result is a not installed acrosync service - even if the installer tells the opposite. I found this information in the forum and could get the sheduled backups to work. I would expect a better behaviour or even clear warnings in the installer from a 25$ GUI.

And last a feature request: It would be nice to combine many different folders in one backup job in a easy way. At the moment I have to write the folders by hand in the include field. It would be nice to implement the "browse" function from the "source" field, too.

Comments

  • gchen
    edited January 2018
    You can disable the notifications by creating a registry value HKCU/Software/Acrosync/AcrosyncClient/Profile_*/SuppressAutoSyncNotification of type DWORD and value 1.

    The profile is saved once you start the sync or click the remote browse button.

    If you run the installer as administrator it will show the option to install the service at the last step of installation.
  • john
    There is really no way to disable the sound in the GUI? I wanted to avoid using registry keys etc - else I would use freeware.

    My question regarding saving profiles was not clear. How can I save the backup jobs in a file to load them again? For example after installing the software or the OS new. I would like to save the exact parameters of the jobs to restore later.

    I understood I have to run the installer as administrator - after wondering some time why the program is not working, then google, then wondering why this paid program not even has a real manual, then reading in your forum. There I found this vital information. The comments in the forum sounded like this behaviour or missing informations are a bug. Thus, I wanted to tell this bug still exists.
  • john
    I wanted to try the registry key. Is the path correct (it seems to include 2 path)? What should be the name of the key? Is the type DWOD32 or DWORD32?
  • john
    sorry, DWORD32 or DWORD64?

    (I cannot find a edit function)
  • gchen
    Sorry there was a copy and paste error on the registry path.

    This is a per-profile option so the path is HKCU/Software/Acrosync/AcrosyncClient/Profile_n, where n is the profile id.  You can find out the profile id by checking the value under each Profile_n path in the registry and comparing them with the known profile for which you want to disable the notifications.

    The name of the value is SuppressAutoSyncNotification, which can be either DWORD32 or DWORD64.

    Also, Acrosync is not simply a simple GUI wrapper over rsync, in case you're not aware of.  It has our own implementation of the rsync protocol so it doesn't depend on the cygwin dll.  This alone is a big advantage over the free rsync, if you ever experience the big mess that the cygwin dll can cause.
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