Settings

Settings

Warning

Settings can change what is copied, skipped, overwritten, retained, or deleted.

Review every imported or modified setting before running a backup.

General Settings

Configure:

• Default versioning
• Auto increment
• Minimize to system tray
• Close to system tray
• Automatic update check
• Start with Windows
• Global Retention activation
• Global Source Cleanup activation
• Retention warning dialogue

Retention and Source Cleanup are experimental destructive features and are disabled by default.

Both require explicit activation and manual text confirmation.

Backup Settings

Configure:

• ZIP or folder backups
• Global automatic-backup timer
• Copy-error behavior
• Target-conflict handling

Tags

Tags can be added and removed in Settings.

Tags can also protect selected backups from Retention.

Log Settings

Configure the application log level.

Settings changes and security confirmations are written to:

<application directory>\Logs\EasyVersionBackup_system.log

Tools

The Tools tab provides:

• Export Settings
• Import Settings

Exports contain the complete settings object, including backup pairs and destructive-feature settings.

Imported settings are loaded from the selected file and applied after the Settings dialog is confirmed.

After importing:

1. Review every source path.
2. Review every target path.
3. Review exclusions.
4. Review Retention settings.
5. Review Source Cleanup settings.
6. Run a test backup with non-critical data.

ZIP Backups

Enabled:

Project_v1.0.zip

Disabled:

Project_v1.0\

Ignore Copy Errors

When enabled, locked or unavailable files can be skipped and the backup continues.

A completed backup may therefore be incomplete.

Review all skipped-file warnings.

Settings Location

Settings are stored only here:

<application directory>\Settings\EasyVersionBackup.settings.json

Keep this file when updating or moving the application.

Deleting or renaming it causes the application to start with default settings.

Safety Confirmations

The application uses manual text confirmation for:

• Initial disclaimer acceptance
• Global Retention activation
• Global Source Cleanup activation
• Recurring data-loss warnings

Warnings and confirmations reduce accidental activation but cannot guarantee that data loss will not occur.

[IMAGE: Main Settings dialog]