The Create Shortcut window can be opened from the Tools->Create Shortcut... menu item or by right-clicking the backup job from the backup list and selecting Create Shortcut... It creates a shortcut for the backup job on a designated location and you can simply run the backup job by double-clicking it.
Once you have selected the Action to be performed and the backup job/group to run, click on Ok to create the shortcut. A window will prompt you to select a name for your shortcut and its destination. Once that's completed, the shortcut will be placed in the selected destination.
Execute backup using
Main application
Option set by default. When you will double-click the backup shortcut, the main application will start and the backup will be executed. Furthermore, if the Close after run option is checked, Backup4all will be closed after the backup job is executed.
Command line application
Backup4all has also a command line version. If this option is selected, instead of the main application window a command line window will appear when the shortcut will be double-clicked. After the backup finishes the window is closed. If you want the backup to be executed in the background, you can check the Hide Window option.
Run
Select the job type allows you to schedule:
| • | Backup job - This option allows you to create a shortcut for a backup job from all the ones already defined. You can choose the backup job from the Select a backup job box and select an action to perform when the backup job runs. |
| • | Backup group - This option allows you to create a shortcut for a backup group. In the Select a backup group you can choose a group to execute but you can't select an action. Each backup job from that group will perform the backup type defined in its configuration. |
| • | One touch backup - If this is selected, the shortcut will launch the backup using settings from Tools->Options->One Touch Backup. If the option Enable "One Touch Backup" support is not enabled, the backup will not run. |
Action
You can select an action to perform when you double-click on the shortcut:
| • | Default - executes the default backup type defined in the backup job |
| • | Full - executes a full backup, no matter what the backup type defined in the backup job is |
| • | Differential - executes a differential backup, no matter what the backup type defined in the backup job is |
| • | Incremental - executes an incremental backup, no matter what the backup type defined in the backup job is |
| • | Load - at the scheduled date it opens Backup4all and selects the backup job |
| • | Cleanup - you can create a shortcut for a scheduled Cleanup operation, that will delete the selected backup numbers at the scheduled date. When Cleanup is selected, other options become available to filter the backup numbers that will be deleted: |
| • | Newer than - if checked backup numbers that are newer than the selected date will be deleted when the shortcut is double-clicked |
| • | Older than - if checked backup numbers that are older than the selected date will be deleted when the shortcut is double-clicked |
| • | Older than (fixed date) - backup numbers that are Older than a certain fixed date will be deleted when the shortcut is double-clicked |
| • | Keep differential backups - if this is checked, the differential backups will be kept even if they fall into the range of files filtered for deletion |
| • | Keep full backups - if this is checked, the full backups will be kept even if they fall into the range of files filtered for deletion |
| • | Test - you can create a shortcut to a test operation instead of a backup. When Test is selected, the Backup Numbers box is displayed  . You can type in there the backup numbers you want to test. The order you type them in is the order they will be tested in. Use the * character to test all backup numbers, or the # character to test only the last backup. |
Clear backup before run
If this is checked, Backup4all will first delete the ".bkc" file and all zip files associated with the current backup job and after that execute the action.
Erase disk before backup
This option is displayed only when the destination of the backup job is on removable media. If this is checked, Backup4all will first erase the disk (if supported) and after that execute the defined action.
Icon
Use icon from backup job
If this option is checked, the shortcut placed on the desktop, quick launch or other location, will have the same icon as the one it has in the backup list. If unchecked, the default Backup4all icon will be displayed.
Tip:
| • | drag-and-drop the shortcut in Quick Launch to create a 1-click-backup action (this way when you do a single click on the icon the shortcut action will be executed |
