How-To Geek

I found something else today that I find very handy.
I use ERUNT to make backups of my system regularly. But I need to remind myself to do this.

After reading this (which I stumbled upon because I read the article that helped me create a batchfile for Ccleaner 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.

What you need is to make an ini file and place it in the folder where ERUNT is installed.
It needs to contain these 4 lines:

[ERUNT]

AppendDateToFolderEditField=1
DefaultDestinationFolder=D:\Backup\ERUNT\
DateFormat=yyyy/mm/dd
DateSeparator=-

You should edit the default destination folder to one of your own choice:)

Next step you create a shortcut (I made it in the ERUNT folder and copied it to the startmenu - keeping the original for safety).
So rightclick autoback.exe in the ERUNT folder and select 'create shortcut'.
Rightclick on this shortcut and choose 'properties'.
Edit the target from

"C:\Program Files\Erunt\Autoback.exe"

to

"C:\Program Files\Erunt\Autoback.exe" E:\Erunt\#Date# sysreg curuser

There are more options, just read the article. But I chose to backup to E:\Erunt\
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).
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.

Thanks, Geek:)

Oh, I'll make it work =)

thank you for the information SarahJames, and thank you geek, your articles are a treasure to other geeks ever where.

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 Lars Hederer:)

Hi hbm,

Thanks, but this is such an old post. I don't have a clue anymore how I did it at the time.
I don't use Erunt anymore, since I make an almost daily image with Macrium Reflect.
Try the above link to Lars Hederer and if you can't find it there start a new topic here. That will get you more attention than this old one ;)
I'm closing this one now.