How to edit the backup rules in SmartWare 🙂
01-02-2010 08:46 AM – last edited on 01-02-2010 08:47 AM
Hi guys,
I had the same problem as a lot of people here i.e. not being able to backup all my mails which are in Thunderbird. The mails are stored in file with no extension. The .msf that Smartware are copying are useless, they do not contain the mail but are only some indexes…….
So the main thing to know is that the rules are stored in a file named Backuprules.xml on your computer (on Vista : C:\Users\<your login>\AppData\Roaming\Western Digital\WD SmartWare).
You can edit this file and modify the rules in there.
For instance, for Thunderbird, I replaced the following rule
<ProcessingRule ID="4F834694-2C03-4033-9C40-CD896B7A940A" Enabled="true" Hidden="false" RuleType="backup"> <Description>Thunderbird</Description> <Action>Include</Action> <ProviderID>DD52A26C-B686-47E9-956D-72D3483E8809</​ProviderID> <Path subfolders="true">C:\</Path> <Path subfolders="true">C:\Users\Nono\AppData\Roaming\Th​underbird\Profiles\</Path> <Filters> <FileTypes> <Type Primary="true" Internal="false">*.PST</Type> <Type Primary="true" Internal="false">*.MSG</Type> <Type Primary="true" Internal="false">*.OST</Type> <Type Primary="true" Internal="false">*.OAB</Type> <Type Primary="true" Internal="false">*.DBX</Type> <Type Primary="true" Internal="false">*.EML</Type> <Type Primary="true" Internal="false">*.FOL</Type> <Type Primary="true" Internal="false">*.EML</Type> <Type Primary="true" Internal="false">*.MSF</Type> <Type Primary="true" Internal="false">*.SBD</Type> </FileTypes> <Tags /> </Filters> </ProcessingRule>
by
<ProcessingRule ID="4F834694-2C03-4033-9C40-CD896B7A940A" Enabled="true" Hidden="false" RuleType="backup"> <Description>Thunderbird</Description> <Action>Include</Action> <ProviderID>DD52A26C-B686-47E9-956D-72D3483E8809</​ProviderID> <Path subfolders="true">C:\Users\Nono\AppData\Roaming\Th​underbird\Profiles\</Path> <Filters> <FileTypes> <Type Primary="true" Internal="false">*.*</Type> </FileTypes> <Tags /> </Filters> </ProcessingRule>
Et voila ! My whole thunderbird profile is now stored automatically and categorized in the MAIL repository.
The category of data is coded in the key “ProviderID”. Thus you can easily find which rule belongs to which category of data.
Good luck !
A frenchy
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Hi,
in c:\program files\western digital\wd smartware\front parlor\config you can also find xml-files with rules. Maybe it is better to edit these files, in stead of the one in your user folder. In that case the rules probably hold for every user. I will try to figure this out when I have a spare moment.
Rich_