Windows 10: Can I Change the Name of the "File History" Backup File?

I am using Dropbox to backup my PC's external drive. It works fine for documents, but Dropbox won't sync with the "File History" folder that is maintained by Windows 10 on that drive by the File History backup utility. Per Dropbox's Help topics, "Folders named ToolKit and FileHistory [aren't] backed up...By default, these folders aren’t backed up as the folder names can create a technical issue. If you are wanting to backup these folders, you will need to rename them." Okay, so I renamed the File History folder to something else Windows

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File History restart

Hi Jim,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community forums.



To change the backup drive for File History, the current process should be stopped. I suggest you to try the steps listed below to stop file history on an older drive and restart it on a new drive:



Change File History backup drive:

• Open Settings and navigate to Update & Security > Backup.
  
• Click on More Options, scroll down to locate
  Backup to a different drive section, and choose Stop Using Drive.
  
• Plug in the new storage drive, navigate to Settings > Update & Security > Backup,
  and choose Add a Drive.
  
• Restart File History and configure it by referring to the article
  
  File History in Windows.
  

Hope it helps.

Regards,

 

Change the backup drive for File History

Hi Kathy, my name is Andrew and I'm an Independent advisor here to help you.

If you want to change the backup drive for File History, you have to stop the current process. I recommend that you try the instructions below to stop file history on an older drive and then restart it on a new drive:

1. Go to the Settings

2. Move to Update & Security > Backup

3. Press More Options, scroll down to find Backup to a different drive section, then select Stop Using Drive

4. Plug in the new storage drive, move to Settings > Update & Security > Backup, and select Add a Drive.

5. Refer to the article and follow the steps to restart File History and configure it

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17128/...

Thanks,

Andrew N.

 

File History backups

Hi William,

To help you with your File History backups issue, we suggest running the
System File Checker with the steps found on this
thread.

Update us on the results.

Regards.