Checking the File Selection Results

It’s easier to check your results interactively using the Estimator when you first set up the backup set.  Estimator displays the file that it is accessing and can often clue you, particularly, to files that you don’t wish to be in the selection quickly. When you see these files, cancel the estimate, adjust the selection and rerun it.  A few times through this process and most of the selection tricks will become evident.

For deep analysis of file selections, you may change the Log Level setting temporarily to VERBOSE, which will list all file selections and exclusions for files scanned. We don’t recommend leaving this setting at this level as the log files generated can be huge.

 Interactive Selections

While selecting files, you can use the right-click menus to easily modify your selections based on the files you see, for example, you can right-click on ABC.ZIP and select the Auto-Select exclusion of all ZIP files. You will immediately see any other ZIP files receive a Red X.

 User-Types “Trump” File-types

Auto-select offers two method of defining filters. The File Types are taken from the list of file types maintained by windows, and can vary based on applications installed and user modification, so cannot always be depended on from one computer to another.

User-Types are your user-defined collection of file types, by extension. User-Types take precedence over File-Types, and both can contain a list of file extensions.  Normally, a Red-X TRUMPS a Green Check except with User-Types, where a Green-Checked user type can reverse a Red-X in a File-Type for the same extension.