Software Update: SaveGameBackup.net 1.4

SaveGameBackup.net is a program with which a backup can be made of the savegames of games present on a Windows PC. This is especially useful when a drive is being reformatted. Savegames are stored in many different places on the computer and that is always a lot of searching. Backups can be made to another location on the computer or network, or even to a cloud service like Dropbox. Support is available for more than thousand spell. The download is just over 1MB in size, but the program does require version 4 of the .Net Framework. In version 1.4, the following changes and improvements have been made:

Public Release 1.4:

• New error log window with the ability to send the error log to me for analysis.
• Support for commandline parameters: -auto and -silent. -auto is automatic backup, -silent makes the app invisible to the user. This is for use with the Windows Task Scheduler (there is a short tutorial on how to set up the Task Scheduler on the forums). The settings used will be the ones currently saved.
• Environment variable overrides: you can now (temporarily or permanently) override the program’s internal variables, to allow detection of save games on non-live Windows installations.
• Fixed mis-aligned ignore list buttons
• Simplified file read/write commands
• Simplified updater download code
• Decreased the tool tip show time.
• Improved database error handling significantly.
• If a backup entry folder is empty, it will not appear on the backup list. Previously it would, resulting in a null reference error every time the restore list was refreshed while this backup file was present.
• If a restore file is empty, it will now produce a more meaningful error message: “The zip file is empty or the zip comment is not present.” Previously, this scenario would produce a null reference error because of the way zip comments work.
• The .sgbzip backup file will now display the version of SGB.net that was used to create it.