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RE: Scheduling DisplayFusion Settings Backups to delete older files

Binary Fortress Software — Fri, 07 May 2021 15:43:04 GMT

Sorry, I had set it only to cleanup the files so that you could run it separately from the backups.

I've attached a new version (different file name too). It will backup to the default location (%userprofile%\Documents\DisplayFusion Backups), then it will prune the old backups from the folder you specify on line 2.

In your scheduled task, the application should be

powershell.exe

and then the rest (

-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File C:\path\to\CleanupDFBackups-EDIT-PATH-ON-LINE2.ps1

) goes in the arguments box.

RE: Scheduling DisplayFusion Settings Backups to delete older files

Binary Fortress Software — Fri, 07 May 2021 07:14:51 GMT

Quote:

Ok, here you go! Some notes on this:

Be careful with this script, it will not send the files to the recycle bin, and it won't prompt for confirmation!
You can set the number of days to keep on line 1.
You can set the path on line 2.

You can run it like this:

powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File C:\path\to\CleanupDFBackups-EDIT-PATH-ON-LINE2.ps1

Hope that helps!

Thank you for the help! Just to know if I'm doing everything just right: I've replaced the old executable with the paratemer to backup DisplayFusion to a .bat file with the following script

powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File C:\path\to\CleanupDFBackups-EDIT-PATH-ON-LINE2.ps1

, so it will trigger everyday the .bat file that will run the Powershell script. Is this ok?

RE: Scheduling DisplayFusion Settings Backups to delete older files

Binary Fortress Software — Thu, 06 May 2021 18:32:18 GMT

Ok, here you go! Some notes on this:

Be careful with this script, it will not send the files to the recycle bin, and it won't prompt for confirmation!
You can set the number of days to keep on line 1.
You can set the path on line 2.

You can run it like this:

powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File C:\path\to\CleanupDFBackups-EDIT-PATH-ON-LINE2.ps1

Hope that helps!

RE: Scheduling DisplayFusion Settings Backups to delete older files

Binary Fortress Software — Wed, 05 May 2021 20:55:46 GMT

Sorry, forgot the path, here it is: C:\Users\usuário\Documents\DisplayFusion Backups

RE: Scheduling DisplayFusion Settings Backups to delete older files

Binary Fortress Software — Wed, 05 May 2021 18:12:39 GMT

What folder are the backups stored in?

RE: Scheduling DisplayFusion Settings Backups to delete older files

Binary Fortress Software — Tue, 04 May 2021 21:12:54 GMT

Thank you so much for the reply! The backup is setted to be done daily at 00:00:01, I want to keep the other files for 7 days.

RE: Scheduling DisplayFusion Settings Backups to delete older files

Binary Fortress Software — Tue, 04 May 2021 18:52:16 GMT

I could write up a PowerShell script that will clear out the files that are older than N days. Just let me know what the full path to the folder where your backups are stored, and how many days you want to keep.

Thanks!

Scheduling DisplayFusion Settings Backups to delete older files

Binary Fortress Software — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 23:19:14 GMT

Hi, I've just installed DisplayFusion and I am loving it, yet I can't find a solution to my problem, here it is:
I have created a taks in the Windows Task Scheduler just like it's said here and it is working just fine, YET I noticed that the old files won't be deleted automatic. Is there any other command line or task that must be added to automate this?