Hello,
File History has started working again after the update to build 26300.9974, but with one caveat:
it only works on an external HDD.
Is there any way to get it to work with an internal, non-system drive as well?
Thanks.
File History isn't working anymore!
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Piero Tamagni
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Hello, I thought that after installing 26H2, File History would start working again, but unfortunately, I was wrong. As soon as I enable it, it starts immediately and runs in a continuous loop, with no errors appearing in the Event Viewer. I’ve set only one folder to be backed up, but to no avail. Nothing shows up, and it just keeps stating that the initial file backup is in progress!
They’re pathetic !
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Piero Tamagni 40 Reputation points
2026-11-12T16:54:27.8366667+00:00 Hello,
File History has started working again after the update to build 26300.9974, but with one caveat:
it only works on an external HDD.
Is there any way to get it to work with an internal, non-system drive as well?
Thanks.
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Parker A. Davis 0 Reputation points2026-11-09T16:30:39.74+00:00 I have the same issue and I'm on Windows 11 Pro 26H2, OS build: 26300.9818.
I downloaded 2 updates for: 2026-09 Cumulative Update Preview for Windows 11, version 26H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5124010) (26300.9550):
- windows11.0-kb5124010-x64_95a6272121df38221bfafc90b50baa8ec3e5294e.msu
- windows11.0-kb5043080-x64_953449672073f8fb99badb4cc6d5d7849b9c83e8.msu
Neither update would install saying it was not appropriate for my computer. If those aren't the right updates, I didn't see any others listed that would be (e.g. ARM, x64 24H2 or x64 25H2).
Please help, I'd like to get this fixed so File History, as imperfect as it was, works again as it used to.
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Parker A. Davis 0 Reputation points
2026-11-09T16:34:05.0133333+00:00 My OS is completely up to date. Are there certain updates I would need to uninstall to get these to install?
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Parker A. Davis 0 Reputation points
2026-11-09T17:05:17.2333333+00:00 Apparently I don't need to install it separately as it's bundled with subsequent updates, but File History was NOT FIXED by any of those updates, and I'm completely up to date.
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TaoLi 120.6K Reputation points Independent Advisor2026-10-30T15:18:44.0166667+00:00 Thanks for confirming. Try refreshing File History’s settings:
Turn off File History and close its window.
Press Win + R, enter
%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows, then rename FileHistory to FileHistory.old.Restart your PC, select your backup drive again and turn File History on.
Leave the backups on your backup drive untouched. Let me know whether it still gets stuck.
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Piero Tamagni 40 Reputation points
2026-10-30T13:55:38.38+00:00 Update KB5124010 is already installed, but unfortunately the error persists.
Thank you