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[Louis]

From time to time I need to restore a Library, mainly because I have stuffed up (but not always).
When I go to restore the Library I can find a many days have elapsed without any backups availalble.
Question is: How can I force Media Center to backup EVERY day at least?
Right now it's 10 June, yet the last date I have available is 7 June, I'd like to be able to choose 9 June or better still 10 June AM.
Is there a trick I don't know about?

[rjm]

No tricks for automatic backups that I am aware of. However it is super easy to create a manual backup anytime you want (File\Library\Backup Library). I always create a manual backup before doing anything risky and I create a manual backup once per day for good measure.

[MrC]

How about a daily windows scheduler run of :

mc16.exe /MCC 20011

[Louis]

Thanks to both MrC and rjm for your helpful suggestions.

rjm: Yes I do a manual backup everytime I think I'm doing something risky, unfortunately the problem that does occur is as often a surprise, though I hasten to add that such surprises are far and few between. I remember back a few versions of MC ago when all backups were manual, so I thought the introduction of auto-backup was a great feature.

MrC: I learnt something new with the mc16.exe /MCC 20011 command, but I guess a bit more is required in that command to silently satisfy the "save as" dialogue box that pops up in response.

Anyway, since I have Acronis True Image Home, I now run a continuous back up of the MC16 Library folder, so while all is sweet it would have been nice to know if there was a way to schedule or control MC16's own backup capability beyond the apparent sporadic event it is now.