Re: How can I get Word to save all .wbk documents in one folder?

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I have been posting a similar thiread to ....newuser.



Anyway, I tried your "save in two directories" macro and it works
well. Thanks,


What would be really nice is to add another couple of lines that would
then delete the newly created .wbk file from the directory from which
the macro was invoked. Then that directory would remain free of .wbks


In the meantime, I have put the new backup directory in an entirely
different path so I can periodically do a search in my docs directory
and all subdirectories for *.wbks and delete them all at once.


Thanks again.


Len





Jay Freedman wrote:
You have a misunderstanding of how Word does backups.

- The timed backup *is* the AutoRecovery feature. It does not make
.wbk files.

- The "Always create backup copy" option in Tools > Options > Save
controls whether .wbk files are created. When it's turned on, each
time you manually save the file, the previous copy on disk is renamed
as the .wbk file. That's why it's always in the same folder as the
document, and no, there's no provision to put it anywhere else.

See http://www.gmayor.com/automatically_backup.htm for a macro that
will save the same document to two different folders each time you
manually save. However, even that will not save automatically at
intervals.

If you're sufficiently worried about backup to ask this question, you
should know about all the other Word-related files that you should
also back up to preserve your preferences. See
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm.

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On Sun, 8 Oct 2006 15:44:01 -0700, GoneFishing
<GoneFishing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I distrust Word's AutoRecovery feature since it doesn't always work and it's
non-permanent. I prefer the old-style backups, which stores a backup in the
form of a ".wbk" file every X minutes.

The only problem with this is that the backup is stored in the same folder
as the normal file, making a mess of things. Is there a way to make Word
store all ".wbk" backup files in a single folder?


(I am running Windows XP Media Center Edition, Service Pack 2, on an HP
Dual-Core 2.8 Ghz package.)

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