Every now and then someone will email us to let us know that they have overwritten one of their important scripts and now need to recover their old work. They write asking what we can do about it.
Well. Not much really. If the script wasn’t backed up and has been changed we can’t somehow get back the old version.
I’m always amazed at how few people seem to backup their work. Whether it’s a Macro Scheduler script or a Word document. Back it up.
Macro Scheduler stores scripts by default in a folder beneath the My Documents folder which is a default location for Windows Backup and other backup tools. So there’s not much excuse for not having a back up. Yet we meet people all the time who simply don’t back up.
For a while now Macro Scheduler has had a “Backup on Save” option which keeps the three most recent copies of scripts. But you have to switch it on.
And people still email us reporting lost data.
So with version 14 this Backup On Save option will be enabled by default. It will keep 5 copies by default and you can increase this number if you want. The main Macro Scheduler data files will also be backed up on startup.
I also recommend using source version control for important script projects.
