Fab's AutoBackup 7 Pro - a must have tool for techs

Hello,
Fab's AutoBackup 7 Pro and Fab's AutoBackup 7 Home & Office 7.11.1.5839 have just been released.

Here is the change log for both versions:
Added:
- Ability to edit the autobackup.ini configuration file easier. An item in the title bar contextual menu (right-click) has been added for that. This is useful for Home & Office users who will not have to dig into hidden "Program data" folder when they want to add some particular settings..
Fixed:
- The program could miss some empty folders that in fact contained a hidden desktop.ini file. Because of this, those folders were not recreated when restoring data.

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).
 
Ordered a copy of Fabs 7.

Didn't need it. But damn, have I sure as hell got the milage out of my copy of Fabs 6 pro I ordered... geez.... I think like 6 years ago? I figure that's worth the support alone, and well... a newer updated version of something I already got a lot of great use out of? Why not?
 
A few setups I've done recently have offered to migrate the stuff from the old computer using the customer's Microsoft account and OneDrive. In fact, working on one today. I let it do that and I got docs and other items. Noticed that Edge settings carried over. Haven't tried Firefox yet.

Currently waiting on Fab's to finish before I go back. What's the best practice when using Microsoft's migration and Fab's together?
 
timeshifter said:
A few setups I've done recently have offered to migrate the stuff from the old computer using the customer's Microsoft account and OneDrive. In fact, working on one today. I let it do that and I got docs and other items. Noticed that Edge settings carried over. Haven't tried Firefox yet.

Currently waiting on Fab's to finish before I go back. What's the best practice when using Microsoft's migration and Fab's together?
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I would not use OneDrive at all unless you have plenty of space on it since most of the time, user's have more data than it can fit on a free account.

Apart from that, I'll pass on this question as I don't know exactly what can migrate or not through OneDrive. Perhaps some others have experience with it
 
fabs said:
Apart from that, I'll pass on this question as I don't know exactly what can migrate or not through OneDrive. Perhaps some others have experience with it
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One Drive does Documents, Pictures, and the Desktop if there is enough storage like with M365. If you sign in to edge when started with your MS account and it was logged in from the beginning, before issues, it will sync that account data as well.

If a user has Firefox or Chrome and has sync enabled all that is needed is to reinstall and log in to them.

As for Fabs I backup everything just in case but I am selective on restoring depending on the client. I let Onedrive and the browse sync do their work.
 
Hello,
Fab's AutoBackup 7 Pro and Fab's AutoBackup 7 Home & Office 7.12.0.5936 have just been released.

Here is the change log for both versions:
Added:
- Support for Microsoft Office programs recently opened files lists (Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Publisher, Visio and Word).
Fixed:
- It was not possible to send feedback in case of errors or in debug mode.
- Some error messages could appear when trying to close the program by clicking the "cross" button more than once. Now, a click on this button disables it and the program can then perform cleanup operations before it closes.

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).
 
fabs said:
Support for Microsoft Office programs recently opened files lists (Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Publisher, Visio and Word).
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Can you clarify on this feature? Does it restore the most recently opened file list that appears when you open Word or does it just list the files in a .txt file or something? What if the username is different on the restored computer? Does it redirect the path? Does Office have to be installed before you run Fabs to do the restore or does this still work if you install Office afterwards?
 
sapphirescales said:
Does it restore the most recently opened file list that appears when you open Word or does it just list the files in a .txt file or something?
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That's really the list that appears in Word, not a .txt export.

sapphirescales said:
What if the username is different on the restored computer? Does it redirect the path?
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Good point. At the moment it does not. I need to polish it a bit more so it could handle this in a future release.

sapphirescales said:
Does Office have to be installed before you run Fabs to do the restore or does this still work if you install Office afterwards?
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That's a registry export so it does not need Office to be installed before.
 
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fabs said:
That's really the list that appears in Word, not a .txt export.
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Awesome! This will save me a ton of time with my worst computer illiterate clients who don't understand that their documents aren't stored "in" Word.

fabs said:
Good point. At the moment it does not. I need to polish it a bit more so it could handle this in a future release
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Yeah, this is a 100% essential feature.

fabs said:
That's a registry export so it does not need Office to be installed before.
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Cool. If you can fix the path redirect this will be an extremely useful feature.
 
Hello,
Fab's AutoBackup 7 Pro and Fab's AutoBackup 7 Home & Office 7.12.1.5971 have just been released.

Here is the change log for both versions:
Fixed:
- If user profile path changed between backup and restore (because of a different user name for example), paths for Microsoft Office recently opened files list were not changed to match new user profile path.
- The program could crash when trying to expand the "recent" folder (like C:\Users\User_Name\Recent) from the additional folders explorer tree. Since this item can lead to very unstable behavior, this folder des not even appear in it now.
- The program could hang while running Nirsoft tools. Now, if it calls a Nirsoft program and it runs more than 20 seconds, it will be terminated and the program will process the next item instead of being stuck.

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).
 
Porthos said:
FYI, When I tried to update, I got this. Went ahead and downloaded a new copy manually.
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Humm, if you could download, it means that you have a valid license, otherwise, you would not be able to get it from website.
I guess you renewed your license but not changed the information within the software.
For this, use the key shaped icon on the main window and select "update license information". Then, provide your current license information and click OK. That should be fine next time.
If I'm wrong, then please send me your current license information using private messaging and I'll check that.
 
Over the years of reading about Fabs AutoBackup I've thought, "That's a great tool, but it's not something I often have the need for given what I typically do." While that remains the case, overall, I have a new client where I will be acquiring 4 new machines and where I would love to have the ability to just transfer, wholesale, all of the user data and settings from each to its replacement. I believe there are only single user logins on each of these machines, which I have to verify, so multi-profile capability is not likely needed.

I've taken a look at the Fabs AutoBackup webpages and, in this situation, I believe that Fabs AutoBackup Home & Office would suit my purposes, but it's not clear to me whether it is licensed for any commercial use or not. If not, then I would have to purchase Pro. I don't want to violate license terms, so I thought I'd ask here, since the developer is a regular and there are many regulars here who already use Fabs AutoBackup and have for years.
 
britechguy said:
Over the years of reading about Fabs AutoBackup I've thought, "That's a great tool, but it's not something I often have the need for given what I typically do." While that remains the case, overall, I have a new client where I will be acquiring 4 new machines and where I would love to have the ability to just transfer, wholesale, all of the user data and settings from each to its replacement. I believe there are only single user logins on each of these machines, which I have to verify, so multi-profile capability is not likely needed.

I've taken a look at the Fabs AutoBackup webpages and, in this situation, I believe that Fabs AutoBackup Home & Office would suit my purposes, but it's not clear to me whether it is licensed for any commercial use or not. If not, then I would have to purchase Pro. I don't want to violate license terms, so I thought I'd ask here, since the developer is a regular and there are many regulars here who already use Fabs AutoBackup and have for years.
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I totally agree with @nlinecomputers. Yes, Home & Office version can do the job but it is less handy for that as it's not portable and has to be installed on each machine. Pro is portable and can be used on as much computers as you want.
 
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