Re: Backup without Maintenance Center
On Monday, October 14, 2002, 19:13, Anthony Xin Chen wrote: First thing I do is export the Rit registry key into my TB directory. Do you do this manually or automatically by scripting? If latter, how do you do that? I know Thomas has already posted a solution, but to make it simpler for those confused by all commands, type the following at a command prompt or in a batch file: regedit.exe /e thebat.reg HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\RIT Change thebat.reg to whatever you want, including a path if you do not want the file to end up in the current directory. -- Regards, Marcus Ohlström Using The Bat! v1.60q on Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 3 PGP Public Key at http://www.canit.se/~marcus/pgp.asc Current version is 1.61 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Backup without Maintenance Center
Hello there, I want to automate the process of backing up The Bat!'s mail and settings. Will backing up the MAIL folder be enough? (maybe I need the address book in The Bat!'s directory or something else?) Also, I must mention that I plan to automatically copy the folder/files on a regular basis, not use the maintenance center since as far as I know there is no automatic way to run it and make it backup files, except if I set up myself a macro/script that will do that. How does this whole approach sound to you? Will I be able to recover The Bat!'s setting and mail without problems in case of a catastrophic event by copying the backed-up files in its directory? Thanks... -- Best regards, Alexander Cicovic Using The Bat! 1.61 under Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 Current version is 1.61 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Backup without Maintenance Center
Hello Alexander, I want to automate the process of backing up The Bat!'s mail and settings. Will backing up the MAIL folder be enough? (maybe I need the address book in The Bat!'s directory or something else?) Also, I must mention that I plan to automatically copy the folder/files on a regular basis, not use the maintenance center since as far as I know there is no automatic way to run it and make it backup files, except if I set up myself a macro/script that will do that. How does this whole approach sound to you? Will I be able to recover The Bat!'s setting and mail without problems in case of a catastrophic event by copying the backed-up files in its directory? I keep my Mail directory in a different disk (i.e. F:\TB\Mail) and everything needed to recover seems to be there. I use Second Copy 2000 (http://www.centered.com/) to back up every night and, just with that, I have been able to recover a couple of times. -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v1.60c Current version is 1.61 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Backup without Maintenance Center
Hello there, Monday, October 14, 2002, 3:13:02 PM, Miguel A. Urech wrote: MAU I keep my Mail directory in a different disk (i.e. F:\TB\Mail) and MAU everything needed to recover seems to be there. I use Second Copy 2000 MAU (http://www.centered.com/) to back up every night and, just with that, MAU I have been able to recover a couple of times. That's very positive :) My aim is to backup the following, which should be included in the mail folder: messages/folders quick templates rules address book The Bat!'s options/settings are probably located in the registry. I do not plan to back them up. -- Best regards, Alexander Cicovic Using The Bat! 1.61 under Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 Current version is 1.61 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Backup without Maintenance Center
Hello Alexander, On Mon, 14 Oct 2002 15:26:25 +0300 GMT (14/10/02, 19:26 +0700 GMT), Alexander Cicovic wrote: AC My aim is to backup the following, which should be included in the AC mail folder: I backup the whole TB directory. AC The Bat!'s options/settings are probably located in the registry. AC I do not plan to back them up. And why not? First thing I do is export the Rit registry key into my TB directory. Only then do I zip and back up the whole directory. This makes sure that everything is there. -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutschen The Bat! Beginner Liste. If God dropped acid, would he see people? Message reply created with The Bat! 1.62/Beta1 under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build A using an AMD Athlon K7 1.2GHz, 128MB RAM Current version is 1.61 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Backup without Maintenance Center
Hi All, On 14 Oct 2002 21:30:20 (my local time 07:30:20), Thomas F. wrote (in [EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) First thing I do is export the Rit registry key into my TB directory. Do you do this manually or automatically by scripting? If latter, how do you do that? -- Regards, Anthony Current version is 1.61 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Backup without Maintenance Center
Hello Anthony, On Mon, 14 Oct 2002 10:13:31 -0700 GMT (15/10/02, 00:13 +0700 GMT), Anthony Xin Chen wrote: First thing I do is export the Rit registry key into my TB directory. AXC Do you do this manually or automatically by scripting? If latter, how AXC do you do that? The latter, with a batch file Januk (where is he, anyway?) wrote a while ago and posted on this list. Here it is: File Januk.bat echo off rem Written by Januk Aggarwal cls echo Welcome to your The Bat! Registry Backup program. echo echo ___ echo * * echo *1. Back up my registry NOW!! * echo *2. Don't you dare! Get me outta here! * echo * * echo *___* echo. choice /c:12 if errorlevel 2 goto end if errorlevel 1 goto begin :begin echo. echo Good choice, I'm just checking for previous backup attempts. echo. echo. if not exist TBbckup2.reg goto continue echo Your previous backup is being stored in TBbckup2.reg echo. if exist TBbckup1.reg del TBbckup2.reg :continue if exist TBbckup1.reg rename TBbckup1.reg TBbckup2.reg start /w regedit /e TBbckup1.reg HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RIT\The Bat! echo. if not exist TBbckup1.reg echo Error! Something went wrong. Backup not echo successful. if exist TBbckup1.reg echo Success! Your registry entries for The Bat! are echo backed up! echo. :end echo. echo Thank you for using this backup utility. echo. exit /File Januk.bat -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutschen The Bat! Beginner Liste. I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder. Message reply created with The Bat! 1.62/Beta1 under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build A using an AMD Athlon K7 1.2GHz, 128MB RAM Current version is 1.61 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Backup without Maintenance Center
Hello there, Monday, October 14, 2002, 5:30:20 PM, Thomas F. wrote: AC The Bat!'s options/settings are probably located in the registry. AC I do not plan to back them up. TF And why not? It's more a kind of habit. For some reason, I do not like backing up and restoring registry keys. I prefer to make the settings manually from scratch. That way, I also have a second chance to look at all of them and possibly make some changes. Of course, it is not time effective, but that's the way I do it. :) -- Best regards, Alexander Cicovic Using The Bat! 1.61 under Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 Current version is 1.61 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
