Fab's AutoBackup 6 Pro - a must have tool for techs

[Porthos]

The fact is that it is not so simple to do. I personally do not have the skills to do something like that and NirSoft MailPassView can only do it from the current user profile or providing the profile's logon password, so, this is a no no.

Would this help the process?
http://www.emmet-gray.com/Articles/EdgeManage.html

 

[fabs]

Would this help the process?
http://www.emmet-gray.com/Articles/EdgeManage.html

That is nice. I would prefer a builtin solution instead of a third party program for this anyway, also working on live systems and hooked drives or this will be close to useless.

 

[Porthos]

That is nice. I would prefer a builtin solution instead of a third party program for this anyway, also working on live systems and hooked drives or this will be close to useless.

Could you learn from it?

This application and its source code are placed in the "public domain". That means it completely free, with no restrictions on its use. There is no license, so you can do anything you want with it, to include making money from it. You are also free to tinker with it, modify it, add new features, etc.

Note: Small portions of this application use other people's code (as shown in the source code). These authors still reserve their rights.

 

[fabs]

This application and its source code are placed in the "public domain". That means it completely free, with no restrictions on its use. There is no license, so you can do anything you want with it, to include making money from it. You are also free to tinker with it, modify it, add new features, etc.

Note: Small portions of this application use other people's code (as shown in the source code). These authors still reserve their rights.

I did not pay attention to this fact. Of course, I can try to understand what it does and add some code for backup/restore in my program. Thanks for the highlight

 

[Porthos]

I did not pay attention to this fact. Of course, I can try to understand what it does and add some code for backup/restore in my program. Thanks for the highlight

Just trying to help make your awesome program better.

 

[freedomit]

I'm sure I read yesterday that with the Win10 Creators Update you can now export Edge favourites to HTML

 

[fabs]

I'm sure I read yesterday that with the Win10 Creators Update you can now export Edge favourites to HTML

Maybe. But this method will not be suitable for Fab's AutoBackup since it will only work for the current user profile and not in the other cases.

 

[fincoder]

Chrome profile data

@fabs, is there any way that some chrome profile data like temporary cache can be excluded from the backup?
Some users have modest amounts of data in library folders but the chrome profile folder can be many gigabytes in size. Most of this seems to be temporary browser cache or similar, many thousands of small files which takes a long time to copy. It can be frustrating when the customer says they don't store more data, and I think it's going to be a quick job until it ends up taking an hour or more due to unnecessary Chrome profile data.

It would be great to be able to just select Chrome bookmarks and not the entire profile.

 

[GTP]

@fabs, this would be a good idea for all supported browsers as I've noticed that sometimes after a malware infection restoring the Chrome/FF/etc profile can reinfect the client if they have something suspect in the cache or a dodgy extension etc.
This seems to be more prevalent with Chrome, but that's another story.

 

[sapphirescales]

@fabs, this would be a good idea for all supported browsers as I've noticed that sometimes after a malware infection restoring the Chrome/FF/etc profile can reinfect the client if they have something suspect in the cache or a dodgy extension etc.
This seems to be more prevalent with Chrome, but that's another story.

Yes, this is the #1 reason why I don't use Fabs to back up browser profiles. It's always best to start fresh. I always just back up the bookmarks manually, but the ability to automate it would be great!

 

[fincoder]

this would be a good idea for all supported browsers

this is the #1 reason why I don't use Fabs to back up browser profiles. It's always best to start fresh. I always just back up the bookmarks manually

I'm glad it's not just me then!
I suppose the difficulty for @fabs might be that the bookmarks file or folder location within the profile folder could change from version to version. However if it can be done relatively easily by hand then maybe it can be automated.

 

[NviGate Systems]

@fabs, One feature that I would love to see is manual support for items based on where "typically" they reside. I've had some machines that had corrupted registry and sometimes the transfers didn't exactly work that well.

Perhaps a feature to attempt to manually locate certain data. I haven't seen any alternate function for a damage registry.

 

[jogold]

sorry but why is this any different than just copying the relevant folders from each user?
you can then setup a new account and restore it back.
or am i missing something?

 

[fabs]

Chrome profile data

@fabs, is there any way that some chrome profile data like temporary cache can be excluded from the backup?
Some users have modest amounts of data in library folders but the chrome profile folder can be many gigabytes in size. Most of this seems to be temporary browser cache or similar, many thousands of small files which takes a long time to copy. It can be frustrating when the customer says they don't store more data, and I think it's going to be a quick job until it ends up taking an hour or more due to unnecessary Chrome profile data.

It would be great to be able to just select Chrome bookmarks and not the entire profile.

I could only exclude the cache dir since the user would want to keep his customizations. I think about a "exclude local cache" check box in the web browsers sections, just to to able to keep it for users ho need to transfer cache. This would be used for almost all supported browsers like Chrome, Firefox and Opera at the same time. would that be OK?

 

[fabs]

@fabs, One feature that I would love to see is manual support for items based on where "typically" they reside. I've had some machines that had corrupted registry and sometimes the transfers didn't exactly work that well.

Perhaps a feature to attempt to manually locate certain data. I haven't seen any alternate function for a damage registry.

There is already something like that. When this happens, there is a warning mark saying that the user's registry could not be loaded and items can be missing. Then a basic detection routine is executed for this purpose. Anything wrong with this?

 

[NviGate Systems]

For some badly damaged systems the app hangs trying to read registry then fails or simply becomes unresponsive. It sits at the black overlay trying to "read" registry. Perhaps a manual switch to activate manual mode in the event that attempted registry reads lock the app up.

 

[glennd]

you're checking the return result of the TRegistry calls? Maybe after the first failure skip further registry calls. This would obviously impact what data can be retrieved but if the system is damaged it's not your problem.

 

[fincoder]

I think about a "exclude local cache" check box in the web browsers sections, just to to able to keep it for users ho need to transfer cache. This would be used for almost all supported browsers like Chrome, Firefox and Opera at the same time. would that be OK?

Sounds great!

 

[fabs]

you're checking the return result of the TRegistry calls? Maybe after the first failure skip further registry calls. This would obviously impact what data can be retrieved but if the system is damaged it's not your problem.

Registry hives are loaded using a "REG LOAD" command. Then, the program checks if the registry hive has been mounted. If not, it shows a warning about that, does not try to use this hive again and looks for default folders locations instead.

 

[fabs]

For some badly damaged systems the app hangs trying to read registry then fails or simply becomes unresponsive. It sits at the black overlay trying to "read" registry. Perhaps a manual switch to activate manual mode in the event that attempted registry reads lock the app up.

I should try to load registry hives in another thread. If the process takes too long, the the registry loading thread would be terminated without freezing the program.