Question re: files left on desktop using PM Backup Tool

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Question re: files left on desktop using PM Backup Tool

Unread post by Pallid Planetoid » 2022-04-04, 23:10

There are two files that appear on my desktop as an aftermath of using the Pale Moon Backup (pmbackup.exe) Tool (i.e. the two files; 7za.exe, pmbackup.ini)
What I get after running Pale Moon Backup
What I get after running Pale Moon Backup
aftermath of PM backup.png (18.3 KiB) Viewed 297 times
I prefer to keep as clean (simple) a desktop as possible.

What are these files for?

Do I need to keep these files?
1) Can I delete them?
2) If not can I move them off the Desktop?

(I don't recall either of these two files showing up on the desktop the last time I ran a PM backup a year ago this month --- FWIW, the current version of the PM Backup Tool in this case is 1.1.1.417)
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Re: Question re: files left on desktop using PM Backup Tool

Unread post by Pallid Planetoid » 2022-04-04, 23:21

As a followup epiphany on why the files are on my desktop -- duh!! I placed the executable there!!!! (this time) :roll: - as opposed to placing it in a file folder and then creating a desktop shortcut (which is what I obviously did previously).

I'm going to move the executable to a file folder (along with the two files) - and create a desktop shortcut for the executable.

Which going forward will undoubtedly retain what files get generated in that folder.

I'm sure this is what I did last time (I reinstalled the pmbackup.exe thinking perhaps it might be a different [more current] release - which it isn't).... egads, I should have deleted the initial post, oh well can't now though... :oops:

.... I guess this topic can serve to explain to others the best way to download the executable. :idea:
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Re: Question re: files left on desktop using PM Backup Tool

Unread post by Moonchild » 2022-04-05, 02:16

The backup tool generates the .ini file where it is run to store options you set in it, and internally uses the 7zip packer (which is a simple embedded .exe of the (small version of the) 7zip packer that gets extracted to be able to easily call it; I didn't see a point in removing it again when exiting since it's assumed you extract it in a dedicated location).
So yes that's entirely as-expected if you put the actual executable on your desktop instead of in a dedicated normal folder.
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