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The General page of the Options window (accessible from the Tools, Options menu item) contains general settings of the program.
Options
Current User If this is selected, the settings used in Backup4all (including backup jobs) are available only for the current logged in user. This way if there are 3 people using the same computer and each logging in through a different account, Backup4all will have different settings and jobs for each account. This can be selected upon installation too, in the Select Default Settings step. These settings are kept in a file whose location is customizable.
All Users If this is selected, the settings used in Backup4all (including backup jobs) are available for all users on the computer where it's installed. This way if there are 3 people using the same computer and each logging in through a different account, Backup4all will have the same settings and jobs for each account (kind of like a shared profile). This can be selected upon installation too, in the Select Default Settings step. These settings are kept in a file whose location is customizable.
Appearance
Sort backup jobs alphabetically in a group If checked the backup jobs are sorted alphabetically in each backup group. By default this option is not checked.
Show explorer icons If checked a small icon is shown for each file in the Explore view. The icon is the standard icon associated with the type of the file. You will see the same icons as in Windows Explorer. If the Explore view contains a large number of files, you can uncheck this option to show files faster. By default this option is checked.
Hide empty folders on expand all If checked the folders that do not show any file in the Explore view will be automatically hidden when pressing the Expand All button. By default this option is not checked.
Show context menu If checked it will display the context menu when right clicking on a file or folder in the main window's Explore view or the Sources page of the Backup Properties and New Backup Wizard windows. By default this option is checked.
Show hidden files in open dialogs If checked files marked as hidden will be displayed in Open dialogs. This is very useful if you want to add hidden files to your backup sources. By default this option is checked.
Background color
Change color Press this button Change Color if you want change the background color of the main window's Backup List and the button list of the Backup Properties window.
Other
NTFS daylight saving correction The Windows NT File System (NTFS) reports wrong file times after the clock changes according to daylight saving time rules. As a consequence, the program sees these files as changed and backs them up. When you check this option these files will not be reported as modified. By default this option is checked.
Show Task Scheduler error message If checked Backup4all will show an error message when a scheduled backup has errors. This requires user intervention for the backup to continue. By default this option is checked.
Allow blank passwords when scheduling If checked this option will enable usage of blank passwords in your Windows system and in Windows Task Scheduler. Blank passwords are disabled in Windows by default as a security measure. Instead of enabling this option we recommend to set a password for each Windows user account. By default this option is not checked. If you uncheck this option at a later time, you will be informed that for existing scheduled backups you'll need to provide an username/password in order to be able to run them.
Warn when insecure passwords are used If checked Backup4all will display a warning window when you enter passwords for zip encryption that contain less than 8 characters.
Measurement unit
Auto If checked the file sizes are shown like in Windows Explorer. By default this option is checked.
Custom If checked you can see all file sizes in the same unit. You can set the desired unit from the drop down list. Possible choices are: Bytes, KB (kilobytes), MB (megabytes) or GB (gigabytes). Be advised that if you select GB as a unit, for files under 10MB the size will be shown as 0GB. By default this option is not checked.
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