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I understand that the Profile Backup Tool is meant to be, and is, minimalist, but could it be enhanced to add in an automatic deletion of old backups, please?

What I was thinking was to have an option along the lines of "Keep the x most recent backups" where "x" is a number that can be selected by the user.

This is purely a laziness enhancement. Such an enhancement would save me a momentous 4 mouse-clicks.

Thank you

No.

No.
if you want to delete old backups, just delete them in your file system.
Also, where would you be making those 4 mouse clicks? Are you restoring backups on a daily basis? If so there's something wrong with your workflow.

Moonchild wrote: ↑

2021-06-09, 12:35

if you want to delete old backups, just delete them in your file system.
Also, where would you be making those 4 mouse clicks? Are you restoring backups on a daily basis? If so there's something wrong with your workflow.

Thanks for the response. As I wrote initially, this is pure laziness on my behalf.

To answer your points. Just deleting them is what I do currently.

The 4 clicks are: first, in the backup tool, click to open the backup directory in Windows Explorer; second, in Windows Explorer, click to select the backup to delete; third, click delete button on Windows Explorer toolbar; and finally, click "Yes" when prompted to delete (or "Remove to Recycle Bin").

I backup weekly, and save 4 backups on an external drive. I haven't yet had to restore a backup, except for testing.

Oh you meant the clicks required in your case to delete old backups. I thought you meant in the tool. My mistake!

You do realise that you can automate something like this with scheduled tasks (combined with a simple batch or powershell script) in Windows Explorer if you really want to avoid having to make four mouse clicks a week

God forbid. So is your next request for an automatic ass scratcher too?

Doesn't Windows has something like cron for scheduling tasks? You could use that instead.

EDIT: Oops, I just realized Moonchild already suggested that above. My bad...

Yes.. Scheduled Tasks.

Thanks for the suggestions.