foobar2000:Components/Autosave & Autobackup (foo_jesus)

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Autosave & Autobackup

Autosave & Autobackup advanced preferences.
Developer(s) Yirkha
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Release information
Initial release January 8, 2009; 15 years ago
Stable release 10 (September 23, 2010)
Preview release N/A
foobar2000 compatibility
Architecture {{{foobar2000_architecture}}}
Minimum version 1.1
Maximum version {{{foobar2000_maximum}}}
UI module(s) N/A
Additional information
Use Configuration backup
License {{{license}}}
Discussion thread {{{discussion_thread}}}
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Allows periodic automatic saving of configuration and other data in foobar2000, and keeping backup copies of such data.

Usage

Once installed, backups of your configuration will be saved in zip files to a folder called "autobackup" in your configuration folder:

%APPDATA%\foobar2000\autobackup

To restore a backup, open the relevant zip file and copy all the folders and files contained within to your configuration folder:

%APPDATA%\foobar2000

Preferences

Files and directories to backup
Default: configuration;playlists;index-data;theme.fth;PlaybackStatistics.dat
To ensure that playlists created by current versions of foobar2000 are backed up properly, playlists should be changed to playlists*.
Directory where to store the backup .zip files
Default: autobackup

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