http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: Automating ERUNT registry backup with a shortcut en Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:38:24 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/automating-erunt-registry-backup-with-a-shortcut#post-39020 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:24:18 +0000 SarahJames 39020@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Thanks Geek for defending me, but I don't think the credit ought to go to me either. All of what I've written down was in the textfile on the ERUNT website, I just picked out some elements and made a short tutorial for just one part of the possibilities. So I think the credit needs to go to <a href="http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/index.htm">Lars Hederer</a>:) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/automating-erunt-registry-backup-with-a-shortcut#post-38937 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:21:27 +0000 The Geek 38937@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Well Sarah, it looks like your post inspired somebody to write on this topic before I'd gotten around to it. Sadly you didn't get any credit for the idea, because the author seems to be completely incapable of giving credit to others. </p> <p><a href='http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/backup-windows-vista-registry-daily-using-erunt/'>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/backup-windows-vista-registry-daily-using-erunt/</a></p> <p>Ramesh, if you are reading this, you need to give credit to Sarah for the idea. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/automating-erunt-registry-backup-with-a-shortcut#post-38167 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:08:25 +0000 wallaceb 38167@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>thank you for the information SarahJames, and thank you geek, your articles are a treasure to other geeks ever where. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/automating-erunt-registry-backup-with-a-shortcut#post-38162 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:03:25 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 38162@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>i'm sure you will geek :) you seem to figure every thing out at some point </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/automating-erunt-registry-backup-with-a-shortcut#post-38069 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:34:56 +0000 The Geek 38069@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Oh, I'll make it work =) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/automating-erunt-registry-backup-with-a-shortcut#post-37847 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:59:48 +0000 SarahJames 37847@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Note: this doesn't work if you use User Account Control. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/automating-erunt-registry-backup-with-a-shortcut#post-37589 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 06:53:28 +0000 SarahJames 37589@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Thanks, Geek:) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/automating-erunt-registry-backup-with-a-shortcut#post-37575 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:34:33 +0000 The Geek 37575@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Excellent writeup... I'm going to research this a little more, might turn it into an article =) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/automating-erunt-registry-backup-with-a-shortcut#post-37544 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:44:59 +0000 SarahJames 37544@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I found something else today that I find very handy.<br /> I use ERUNT to make backups of my system regularly. But I need to remind myself to do this.</p> <p>After reading <a href="http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/erunt.txt">this</a> (which I stumbled upon because I read the article that helped me create a batchfile for <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/run-ccleaner-before-computer-shuts-down?replies=13">Ccleaner</a> and I wanted to make a batchfile for ERUNT) I have made myself a shortcut, which I have placed in startup, so now ERUNT creates a backup everyday.</p> <p>What you need is to make an ini file and place it in the folder where ERUNT is installed.<br /> It needs to contain these 4 lines:</p> <p>[ERUNT]</p> <p>AppendDateToFolderEditField=1<br /> DefaultDestinationFolder=D:\Backup\ERUNT\<br /> DateFormat=yyyy/mm/dd<br /> DateSeparator=- </p> <p>You should edit the default destination folder to one of your own choice:)</p> <p>Next step you create a shortcut (I made it in the ERUNT folder and copied it to the startmenu - keeping the original for safety).<br /> So rightclick autoback.exe in the ERUNT folder and select 'create shortcut'.<br /> Rightclick on this shortcut and choose 'properties'.<br /> Edit the target from </p> <p>"C:\Program Files\Erunt\Autoback.exe"</p> <p><a href="http://s212.photobucket.com/albums/cc103/RareSarah/?action=view&#38;current=2008-07-2623-31-02.png"><img src="http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc103/RareSarah/2008-07-2623-31-02.png"></a></p> <p>to </p> <p> "C:\Program Files\Erunt\Autoback.exe" E:\Erunt\#Date# sysreg curuser</p> <p><a href="http://s212.photobucket.com/albums/cc103/RareSarah/?action=view&#38;current=2008-07-2623-40-14.png"><img src="http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc103/RareSarah/2008-07-2623-40-14.png"></a></p> <p>There are more options, just read the article. But I chose to backup to E:\Erunt\<br /> and there it creates a folder with the date for name and I chose the properties of the systemregistry and the current user (I'm the only user;-D).<br /> As I understand it, it will create backups for 30 days and then the ones older then that will be deleted. You can also set it to 7 days etc., but I have plenty of room, so I'll leave it be. </p>