Scheduling SyncToy in Vista

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I'm having trouble getting SyncToy scheduled to run automatically in Vista.
I've created a scheduled task per the instructions in the SyncToy help file,
and it works perfectly if I choose "Run only when user is logged on" under
"Security Options" on the "General" tab. (This is the default if you follow
the help file directions.)

The problem is that I'd like the task to run even if I'm not logged on. If I
choose "Run whether user is logged on or not" from the Security Options, and
enter my password, then the task won't run. I can either check the log the
next morning to find out that it failed, or I can click on the "Run" button
under "Actions" in the Vista Task Scheduler to test it and find out that it
doesn't run. Changing the security option back to "Run only when user is
logged on" will succeed.

Does anybody know what I'm doing wrong?
 
Flitter:

I never did figure this out but I have left the task set as "Run only when
user is logged on" and it has successfully run every day for the past 2+
months, even if I'm not logged on.

I should note that this is not a multi-user machine; either I'm logged on or
else nobody is logged on. In either case the scheduled task runs successfully.
 
I'm having the same problem - it looks like the task starts, but just sits
there (like it's not seeing the -R argument) until it times out (I had set it
tostop after 8 hours). I changed it to the run only when user is logged in
and it seems to work now - will check it tomorrow to see what happens.
 
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