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[JoelM]

I have no QB license key here but the Produkey.txt file has just been restored to desktop like it was supposed to.
Edit : the QB license key has been restored to the desktop as well. So, I don't know why it does not work for you so far.
Can you send me your autobackup.ini file to fab [at] fpnet [dot] fr ?

Sent.

 

[fabs]

Sent.

Well, I did not had any problem: both "produkey.txt" and "Intuit QuickBooks license key.txt" files are on my desktop when I restore them.
Perhaps I could remote in an affected machine on your end ?

 

[JoelM]

Well, I did not had any problem: both "produkey.txt" and "Intuit QuickBooks license key.txt" files are on my desktop when I restore them.
Perhaps I could remote in an affected machine on your end ?

I don't have one at the moment. I already finished and delivered the one I did today. I'll reach out to you next time I get a chance. Thanks

 

[fincoder]

the QB license is not showing up on the desktop of the new computer nor are the license keys that should be backed up by nirsoft.

Product key utilities being blocked by antivirus?

When backing up or transferring using Fabs, I always need to disable the antivirus (including in Windows Security if another isn't present) to allow product key retrieval utilities to run.

 

[fabs]

Product key utilities being blocked by antivirus?

That's happening at restore so, the tool is not called. The .txt file is just supposed to be copied to the desktop.
By the way, there's no third party tools involved in QB license extraction

 

[JoelM]

That's happening at restore so, the tool is not called. The .txt file is just supposed to be copied to the desktop.
By the way, there's no third party tools involved in QB license extraction

Where are these 2 items normally stored in the archive? I can look to see if they are even there.

 

[fabs]

Where are these 2 items normally stored in the archive? I can look to see if they are even there.

You should find them under public folder

 

[JoelM]

You should find them under public folder

Ok. I do see them in the archive. They just don't seem to get copied to the desktop of the new computer when I do the restore.

 

[fabs]

Ok. I do see them in the archive. They just don't seem to get copied to the desktop of the new computer when I do the restore.

Really strange as it did while I was using your configuration file. Puzzled...

 

[fabs]

Hello,
Fab's AutoBackup 7 Pro and Fab's AutoBackup 7 Home & Office 7.10.1.5745 have just been released.

Here is the change log for both versions:

Added:
- Pro only: Ability to select the "Keep only browsers bookmarks" box by default. For this, edit the "defaults.ini" file and set the "OnlyBrowsersBookMarks" value to 1.
- Installed antivirus software(s) are now in the installed software report's header.

Fixed:
- Pro only: If changes were made to the defaults.ini file while the program was running, they were overwritten when program was closed.
- The program could look frozen while installing drivers. Now, it shows what it is doing in background when running Windows 10 / 11.
- Drivers were not copied into separated folders at restore/transfer and it could lead to installation problems.

Grab it from your orders history's details on the shop's website at https://archive.fpnet.fr/account.php (ordered before May 1st 2022) or https://store.fpnet.fr/en/order-history for newer orders. You can also use the bundled updater tool (click the "Download Fab's AutoBackup 7.X" link within the program and get the updated files).

 

[Haole Boy]

Aloha Fab. Ran Autobackup Pro 7.10.1.5745 to backup data from a Win 11 system. Everything worked, but I noticed that Quickbooks Pro 2019 was missing from the Installed Software list. I ran AB on a Win 10 system with an image of the Win 11 drive mounted. Not sure if the mixed windows levels would be an issue.

Also, the Quickbooks license key file mentioned a few posts previous to this one is in the 'Public' export folder, but does not show up on the desktop, but the Installed Software List and Printers List folders are there on the desktop There is not a 'Reports Storage' item in autobackup.ini.

Not sure what documentation you will need to investigate, but I have an image of the system I can mount as a drive to run Autobackup again if you need me to.

Mahalo,

Harry Z

 

[fabs]

Aloha Fab. Ran Autobackup Pro 7.10.1.5745 to backup data from a Win 11 system. Everything worked, but I noticed that Quickbooks Pro 2019 was missing from the Installed Software list. I ran AB on a Win 10 system with an image of the Win 11 drive mounted. Not sure if the mixed windows levels would be an issue.

Also, the Quickbooks license key file mentioned a few posts previous to this one is in the 'Public' export folder, but does not show up on the desktop, but the Installed Software List and Printers List folders are there on the desktop There is not a 'Reports Storage' item in autobackup.ini.

Not sure what documentation you will need to investigate, but I have an image of the system I can mount as a drive to run Autobackup again if you need me to.

Mahalo,

Harry Z

If Quickbooks does not show up in installed programs list, it means that it did not either show up in Windows add/remove programs list. This is what Fab's harvests.

About the QB license, the file it's looking for is "C:\ProgramData\Common Files\Intuit\QuickBooks\qbregistration.dat". Is it there ? If not, then it's normal that it could not find it.
If the file is there, then do you have it in the backup and it did not copy back to the desktop or is it missing from the backup ?
If it's missing from the backup, then yes I'll need to access that drive to find out what happened. If I could remote in a machine with that image mounted, that would be great.

 

[Haole Boy]

If Quickbooks does not show up in installed programs list, it means that it did not either show up in Windows add/remove programs list. This is what Fab's harvests.

About the QB license, the file it's looking for is "C:\ProgramData\Common Files\Intuit\QuickBooks\qbregistration.dat". Is it there ? If not, then it's normal that it could not find it.
If the file is there, then do you have it in the backup and it did not copy back to the desktop or is it missing from the backup ?
If it's missing from the backup, then yes I'll need to access that drive to find out what happened. If I could remote in a machine with that image mounted, that would be great.

Let's continue via email. I've sent you a message on this site with my email address. I will update this thread with the results of your investigation.

Mahalo,

Harry Z

 

[fabs]

Let's continue via email. I've sent you a message on this site with my email address. I will update this thread with the results of your investigation.

Mahalo,

Harry Z

Email sent

 

[fabs]

I've found out why QuickBooks does not appear on the installed software list. In order to not get flooded with Microsoft updates that would also show up here, I've set it to ignore anything that contains the word "kb". Guess what's in quicKBooks ???
So Fab's has never ever listed QuickBooks in this list. No, I need to find a way to let anything but MS updates pass through.

 

[fabs]

Bad news, I'm afraid. It's time to learn about regular expressions...

Maybe maybe not. I can trick the thing by looking for '(KB' instead of just 'KB'. It does the job perfectly

 

[fabs]

Unless you have Visual Studio installed - all of its updates are described as "KBnnnnnn" with no leading "(". I suspect that there are other edge cases too.

This is the kind of thing that makes software development fun (and one of many reasons why I no longer do it for money).

Humm, good point. So it's not that good finally. Let's go back to find something better

 

[fabs]

Regular Expressions: Now You Have Two Problems

I love regular expressions. No, I’m not sure you understand: I really love regular expressions. You may find it a little odd that a hack who grew up using a language with the ain’t keyword would fall so head over heels in love with something as obtuse and

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Thanks. Problem is that I'm forced to use Delphi 2010 and this one does not have the regular expressions unit. I have to use matchesmask function instead.

 

[fabs]

If it were my code I'd probably try matching against "*KB[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]*" and hope that lower number KBs no longer exist in the wild, but I wouldn't put money on that.

I've tested that piece of expression and it works flawlessly. Thanks for the tip

 

[fabs]

Hello,
Fab's AutoBackup 7 Pro and Fab's AutoBackup 7 Home & Office 7.11.0.5812 have just been released.

Here is the change log for both versions:

Added:
- PRO Only: Ability to disable features that require PowerShell scripts (VSS snapshots creation feature, BitLocker key handling, Nirsoft tools whitelisting from Windows Defender). This has been added for users who cannot whitelist the Fab's AutoBackup executable and have their anti-malware trowing alerts about PowerShell scripts it tries to run.
Of course, the affected items will not work if this option is enabled. If you really need to disable PowerShell features, then add the DisablePowerShell=1 value under [CONFIG] section in the autobackup.ini file.
- The program now handles local Windows policies (set with GPEdit.msc).

Fixed:
- The program did not follow folder junctions (symbolic links). Now, only the ones containing "application data" characters remain ignored to avoid some weird behavior while processing paths like "X:\users\UserName\AppData\Local..."
- Quickbooks did not appear on installed software list export.
- Job log was saved in transfer mode even if it was set to never be saved.
- Pinned Explorer folders item showed grayed out at restore even if it was in the backup.

Grab it from your orders history's details on the shop's website at https://archive.fpnet.fr/account.php (ordered before May 1st 2022) or https://store.fpnet.fr/en/order-history for newer orders. You can also use the bundled updater tool (click the "Download Fab's AutoBackup 7.X" link within the program and get the updated files).