Acronis 2017 not following instructions for backup method
Hello,
Previously I had a problem with Acronis wanting to do full backups *more often* than I specified. I uninstalled and reinstalled the problem and that problem went away. For reference (looong, not really relevant except it notes all the steps I have already gone through in terms of reinstalling, reinstating backup schedules etc) I tried to put a link to the previous thread, but the system said I cannot put links in a message. Here is the text of the topic link.
"How-get-ti-do-missed-differential-backup-instead-starting-over"
However now, I have the opposite problem. It will do ONLY differentials.
This setting:
Produces this result (no full backup after 9 differentials, so far):
I generated a system report and put a link to the zip file in this post and got an error message saying that links were not permitted.
Any suggestions?
Thank you, Alan


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Hello Alan,
I'd make sure, all Acronis executable and configuration files are whitelisted in the antivirus . If the antivirus checks prevent the internal product's metadata from updating, this might be causing such kind of issues. Here we gathered instructions for different antivirus software https://kb.acronis.com/content/46430
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@IanL-S, thank you for the explanation re: the links. Hopefully my problem is sufficiently clear from the screenshots which still seem to be allowed, for someone to help....
@Ekaterina - Thank you for the suggestion. I checked my antivirus and there are no records in the antivirus showing that the program has been blocked, so I have some doubt that that was the problem. When it blocks something, it usually tells you so in the log.... Anyway, TrueImageHomeService.exe was already whitelisted. I went ahead and whitelisted all the folders in the link you provided and we will see on Monday if there is still a problem.
Thank you, Alan
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Hello Alan,
looking forward to hearing from you! It might be also helpful to start a new backup chain after whitelisting (create a new plan or slightly change settings in the existing one and save to update the config script)
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