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[Deivit]

Hi,

When importing media, MC automatically creats a backup of the library. Where are those backups stored?... I can't find them

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Listening to: 'Libertango' from 'The Best Of Al Di Meola - Fugata' by 'Al Di Meola' on Media Center 11

[Cmagic]

Hi Deivit,

Look somewhere in
C:\Documents and Settings\[user name]\Application Data\J River\Media Center 11\Library Backups
that should be the default location for library backups with MC11.

C.

[park]

I vote that the backups should go to your backup folder as designated in options. It took me a while to find one of these auto backups when i actually needed to use it and I panicked when i looked and couldnt find it in my backups folder.

[Deivit]

Thanks for the info, Christian. I'm gonna check it when I get home tonight 

[Deivit]

There's no such folder under "Documents and Settings" I have also looked in Program Files\JRiver\Media Center\....\Backups and they aren't there neither. My regular library backups are manually stored in a different volume unit.

It's probably something with my own setup, since I don't seem to have any "Application Data" folder neither under my [user name] nor under [All users].

It's not that I need any of those automatic backups right now, but I was wondering where they were in case I need them and whether they were adding up unnecessary disc space.

Thank you.

[Cmagic]

David,

It's probably something with my own setup, since I don't seem to have any "Application Data" folder neither under my [user name] nor under [All users].

That's strange, maybe in C:\Documents and Settings\[user]\Local Settings\Application Data ?

I understand your concern about disk space and I 'm monitoring my automatic backups. Each backup of my 17000 tracks lib is about 2.5 MB. I only keep the last 20 backups.

C.

[modelmaker]

You have to have the "show hidden folders" option turned on (in win2k). Then goto docs & settings and you'll see a folder called "default user", in there you'll find the application data folder.

[Deivit]

Thank you very much Modelmaker! Turned on the "show hidden folders" and finally found the "application data" folder under the "user" folder... and the backups were there 

David,
I understand your concern about disk space and I 'm monitoring my automatic backups. Each backup of my 17000 tracks lib is about 2.5 MB. I only keep the last 20 backups.

C.

I was right to be concerned about the disc space usage. The folder was 1,25 GB !! Thank you too, Christian 

[Deivit]

I was right to be concerned about the disc space usage. The folder was 1,25 GB !! Thank you too, Christian 

Perhaps it would be a good idea to somehow automatically limit the number of backups stored, so that the new ones overwrite the older ones.