Network sharing + Robocopy = problem solved!

With the help of network sharing and Robocopy, I was able to solve a very annoying (and reoccurring) problem at a client site!

Sometimes solving issues at a client site takes some creative thinking. That being said, I was recently presented with a problem at a client site that needed a creative solution. A programmer would write programs for a laser cutter and periodically the night operators would accidentally delete the programs, thereby requiring the programmer to spend the next morning re-writing old programs. This would easily burn the first two hours of his day.

To save the day, I created a new network share and re-mapped the programmer to use this share. I then set up a Robocopy script (Robocopy is basically a command line tool that’s used to backup files) and used Task Scheduler (which is a program that allows you to choose a program you want to launch at a specific time and frequency) to run it every 5 minutes. Now if a machine operator makes a mistake, 5 minutes later the problem corrects itself!

Gotta love technology!

Written By: ‘Mog’ @ Halski Systems in Gainesville, GA