Drag and Drop Backup

Drag and drop files into the window to compress them into a zip file using 7-Zip (not included)

Why?

This is how I backup small projects and whatnot that I work on. This used to be a PowerShell script but wanted more flexibility than right-clicking a file.

Most of it can be configured with a settings file written in JSON.

How?

Whatever you drag and drop into the program will be zipped using 7-Zip and saved to the directory where you dragged everything from.

Command line switches

Switch	What it does
`--autocopy`	When the zip is created it will also be copied to the paths you set in the settings file.
`--elevate`	Elevates the 7-Zip process when launched. Will run as an admin to read/write the zip.

Settings file?

The default one will be created when you run the program for the first time. There is no settings ui.

NameFormat

Variable	Meaning	Required
%F	File name (auto generated)	Yes
%D	Date	No
%T	Time	No

DateFormat / TimeFormat

Date and time formatting documentation at Github or Microsoft Docs.

SevenZipMethods

This is for additional/custom method arguments. It allows you to set the compression level, enable/disable multi-threading, and many more options for 7-Zip.

If you change the compression type it is recommended you change the .zip portion of NameFormat to match correctly.

Example

{
  "General": {
    "WindowLocation": {
      "X": 8,
      "Y": 520
    }
  },
  "Backup": {
    "SevenZip": "C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7z.exe",
    "SevenZipMethods": "-mx=7",
    "NameFormat": "%F Backup %D %T.zip",
    "DateFormat": "M-d-yyyy",
    "TimeFormat": "h.mmtt",
    "CopyTo": [
      "C:\\Backups",
      "D:\\Backups"
    ]
  }
}

Known issues

You cannot drag and drop between windows with different elevations. Explanation.

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