Microsoft Feeds Synchronization

Question

Microsoft Feeds Synchronization - I recieve this every 20 to 30 seconds.  Why is this happening and how can I get it to stop.

Answer 1

To fix the Feed synchronization issue, run the following commands at the command prompt.

msfeedssync disable > Entermsfeedssync enable > Enter

Thanks,

Answer 2

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

If you just want to stop the message and not understand it, do this:

Click Start, Run and in the box enter:

msfeedssync  disable  <Enter>

Restart your system and see how things look.

To understand it:

RSS feeds provide frequently updated content published by a website. They are commonly used for news and blog websites, but are also used for distributing other types of digital content, including pictures, audio, or video. A feed can have the same content as a webpage, but it's often formatted differently. When you subscribe, Internet Explorer automatically checks the website and downloads new content so you can see what is new since you last visited the feed.

Using Internet Explorer you can check and maintain your feed subscriptions under the Favorites drop down or Favorites tab.

When you subscribe to a feed, a Scheduled Task will be created to periodically check the source of the feed for new content.

Sometimes folks subscribe to feeds accidentally by clicking the "Feeds" icon on a web page not knowing what it is for or how it works.

If there is a problem with a feed and XP tries to get an update (when the Scheduled Task runs), you may start seeing messages about feeds that are failing, encountering a problem or need to close.  Maybe something like this:

Microsoft Feeds Synchronization has encountered a problem and needs to close.

AppName: msfeedssync.exe AppVer: 8.0.6001.18702 ModName: user32.dll

ModVer: 5.1.2600.2622 Offset: 000095d8

You should only see that message if you are using Feeds and since feed updates are controlled by a Scheduled Task you can query any feeds you might be subscribed to thusly:

Click Start, Run and in the box enter:

cmd  <Enter>

In the Command Prompt window enter:

schtasks   /query   |   findstr   /i   "user_feed"

You might see something similar to this indicating an afflicted feed:

User_Feed_Synchronization-{B70B1824-595E-4 11/28/2013 02:24:00  Ready

User_Feed_Synchronization-{C73963F9-62BB-4 11/28/2013 02:45:00  Could not start

In that case, something is not right with one of the feeds, so disabling and enabling is usually all you need to do to straighten it out - then you can query it again to be sure.

Enter 'exit' to close the Command Prompt window.

If you really want to subscribe to that feed, sometimes you can fix an afflicted feed by disabling feeds and then enabling feeds again.

If you don't know what a feed is, why you might be subscribed to them or are seeing messages about feeds synchronization encountering a problem, you can just completely disable feeds.  You can easily enable them again later if you change your mind.

To simply disable feeds, click Start, Run and in the box enter:

msfeedssync  disable  <Enter>

You will not see any message about what happened but what did happen is that the Scheduled Task that was set up to update feeds was just removed from your system so it will no longer try to update feeds (your feeds are still in Internet Explorer - just the updating task has been turned off).

Reboot your system and see how things look now.

Likewise you can enable feeds again.

To enable feeds, click Start, Run and in the box enter:

msfeedssync  enable  <Enter>

You will not see any message about what happened but what did happen is that a new Scheduled Task that created to update feeds so now your system will start to pay attention to the feeds to which you are subscribed.

Reboot your system and see how things look.

If you are seeing messages about feeds synchronization failing, you can disable feeds altogether if you don't use feeds or sometimes just disabling feeds and then enabling them again (followed by a reboot) will straighten out any afflicted feeds.

Answer 3

Hello,

Can you tell me what the "microsoft feeds synchronization" is, and why do I need to have it running all the time?

I do not subscribe to any RSS feeds at all.

Please help.

Answer 4

Joel's reply did not address "Why is this happening" nor the possible implications of disabling feeds.

My Windows XP Help contains information about identifying tasks:  

To open Scheduled Tasks, click Start, click All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Scheduled Tasks.

and

SchTasks.exe performs operations similar to those in Scheduled Tasks in Control Panel. The user must be a member of the Administrators group on the computer that the command affects.

To verify that a scheduled task ran or to find out why a scheduled task did not run, see the Task Scheduler service transaction log, Systemroot\SchedLgU.txt. This log records attempted runs initiated by all tools that use the service, including Scheduled Tasks and SchTasks.exe.

For Microsoft Feeds Synchronization specifically, see "Using web feeds (RSS)" in the Help for Internet Explorer 9.

Peter

Answer 5

This did not help me