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I understand that Windows 10 File Version History feature does incremental backups at fixed schedule (every 10mins to 24hrs). And that it checks the NTFS 'Change Journals'

However, is it possible to trigger Windows 10 File Version History to backup as soon as the file is changed, rather than waiting for the next scheduled time? Windows 10 Control Panel File Version History Advanced Settings

Thanks,

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    No; Sounds like you want third-party software. To be specific, third-party software can implement VSS but in the implementation MS used for this feature it’s limited to every 10 minutes
    – Ramhound
    Commented Mar 23, 2018 at 0:15
  • @Ramhound so, not even a command prompt to trigger backup now? Or something like that
    – Haneef Ibn Ahmad
    Commented Mar 23, 2018 at 12:09

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Theoretically found one half of the solution, to trigger Windows File Version History to backup now.

I just need to run this command on command line fhmanagew.exe -backupnow, this should get File Version History to backup on demand. Thanks to: Adam's Code Blog

However, I still need to find a way to monitor the NTFS Change Journals, to get the above command to trigger.

P.S: This seems to be a solution theoretically, yet to see this in action.

Feel free to post any solutions.

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