Guide - MQ2 Backups

[drwhomphd]

drwhomphd submitted a new resource:

MQ2 Backups - A powershell script to help you backup your MQ2 Configs and INIs [Work In Progress]

The following is a Powershell script that will help you backup your config and ini files for MQ2. It will do so for your Live, Test, Beta, and Emu installs. If you do not have one of these installed, just leave an empty string. It will automatically create folders at $MQ2Backup_Root with the names MQ2_<Test/Live/Beta/Emu>.

You can most easily run this by cutting and pasting this into the Windows Powershell ISE tool, selecting all the text, and clicking the Run Selection button.

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[drwhomphd]

If any brave soles try it out and find bugs... let me know!

 

[toadwart]

not used powershell much, so feeling my way through the ISE

 

[toadwart]

Ok, braindead moment. I went to enter my paths in the script before I ran it, and it said on line 3 to do:
c:\location\of\mq2
so i put in my location for mq2.....I didn't put in my location for mq2\release
Once I fixed that it ran without error.

 

[drwhomphd]

Ok, braindead moment. I went to enter my paths in the script before I ran it, and it said on line 3 to do:
c:\location\of\mq2
so i put in my location for mq2.....I didn't put in my location for mq2\release
Once I fixed that it ran without error.

Hi @toadwart, thanks for pointing out a document blindspot on my end. I use the old desktop paths vs the new defaults. I'll fix that tonight.

 

[drwhomphd]

drwhomphd updated MQ2 Backups with a new update entry:

Comment Update

- Fixed document wording oversight pointed out by @toadwart. Attempted to make it clearer that @MQ2FolderLocations point to the folders with the exe's and not a root MQ2 folder.

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[drwhomphd]

drwhomphd updated MQ2 Backups with a new update entry:

12/16/2019 Update

Updated the powershell script:
* Added a message box interface to handle Backup, Restore, and Cancel functions
* Added a restore funciton -- may require running as admin if restoring to default red guides install location

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[drwhomphd]

drwhomphd updated MQ2 Backups with a new update entry:

12/27/2019 - Post Xmas Update

- Now excludes your autologin file for restor because that's encoded per machine
- Will backup your autologin file with your PC Name (note it takes a bit of time foor Powershell to load the property)
- Now backs up JSON files.

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