I just upgraded one of my machines from Windows 7 to Windows 10.
Now I’m getting the following warning for the backup
2015-08-01 19:47:30(warning): Writer MSMQ Writer (MSMQ) has failure state VSS_WS_FAILED_AT_PREPARE_BACKUP with error VSS_E_WRITERERROR_TIMEOUT. UrBackup will continue with the backup but the associated data may not be consistent.
Can anyone help me here?
No one else got this problem?
I was also getting this error. Found out I had a Windows component installed that wasn’t needed.
The fix for me was to go into Programs and Features in Win 7/10, Windows Features, and uninstall “Microsoft Message Queue (MSMQ) Server”. Note I unchecked the whole MSMQ category (it has some sub-entries that were checked on mine). After the reboot, no more error in my logs.
Though I think it could be harmless anyway. The MSMQ Writer (“vssadmin list writers” in a command prompt will show it) on my computer was always in an errored state. When I checked what UrBackup was doing during a backup, it was using “Microsoft Software Shadow Copy provider 1.0”, never really touching MSMQ (hence the fact the backup worked anyway).
Now, in my case the MSMQ feature was installed and nothing I had on the computer was using it. If you have something that needs it and uninstall it, it will of course break that program.