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O.P. [Pre-Release] PrefsBackup - Backup and restore your Plus! preferences
The other day I was once again thinking of useful add-ons adding functions in Messenger. I went around and played with the “Import/export preferences” option inside the Messenger Plus! preferences. From what I saw, the option is creating a binary *.pld file containing your settings. You would have to export it, copy it via some storage device to the target location, and re-import it.
Then I remembered a feature in the script Music Now Playing, which had impressed me some time ago when I saw it: Online backup, automatic. After that, I played around further with PHP and some JScript, and the result is PrefsBackup, a new Messenger Plus! script (still in beta).
With this script, backing up your Messenger Plus! settings is as easy as nothing. Follow these simple steps: - Download and import PrefsBackup.
- Choose for which Windows Live IDs (Messenger accounts) you want to enable the script.
- Read the changelog, and confirm that you understand that the script is still beta.
- Now open the scripts menu, and choose “PrefsBackup > Backup preferences…”.
- The first time you do this, you will be asked for a new password and an alternate e-mail address in case you forget it. The password is used to protect your preferences from theft.
- Oh, and since this is a beta, you will need an invite code once for each Windows Live ID. In the next time, you will see several websites offering a bunch of invite codes, but in case you didn’t catch one: e-mail mynetx Creations at
to apply for an invite code, or send me a PM here. Remember: First-come, first-served.
- You might also try if one of the following invites still work:
733da5d3, d26fdbae, d8bd91f8, 57e5c6b1, 828060c0, 53efc6c2, e95e5f75, ba349d68, 85e3e08b, 9f337066
Free download: PrefsBackup 1.0.4 Beta (47 KB)
Any questions, ideas, suggestions or problems: just reply here!
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04-14-2009 11:40 AM |
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RE: [Pre-Release] PrefsBackup - Backup and restore your Plus! preferences
Just one thingy: when I first prompted it to back my preferences up, nothing happened...
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RE: [Pre-Release] PrefsBackup - Backup and restore your Plus! preferences
works fine here.....nice little script there
i've been after something like this for ages....on account of running Plus! on about 4 computers!
EDIT: Little bug: it messes up chat log viewer...when it puts the chat log file path back in, it has double slashes instead of single
This post was edited on 04-14-2009 at 05:42 PM by djdannyp.
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RE: [Pre-Release] PrefsBackup - Backup and restore your Plus! preferences
Great, but it would only work once I manually typed in the invite code into the script it's self ![^o)](images/smilies/msn_sarcastic.gif)
<Eljay> "Problems encountered: shit blew up" ![:zippy:](images/smilies/zippy.gif)
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O.P. RE: [Pre-Release] PrefsBackup - Backup and restore your Plus! preferences
quote: Originally posted by Spunky
Great, but it would only work once I manually typed in the invite code into the script it's self ![^o)](images/smilies/msn_sarcastic.gif)
Would you mind explaining further?
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RE: [Pre-Release] PrefsBackup - Backup and restore your Plus! preferences
I tried the preferences password menu option first and it asked me for a password to set. When entered it would say invite code was needed, but not give me the option to enter it. I tried to backup settings and a similar thing happened. I had to stop the script and change the default value of strInvite to a string containing my invite code. When restarted it said it was successful. Talk to me on WLM if you need more explaination
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RE: [Pre-Release] PrefsBackup - Backup and restore your Plus! preferences
In my case, I've only received the "BETA alert", then nothing happened at all... Setting a password, for example, just results in simple nothing =/
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O.P. RE: [Pre-Release] PrefsBackup - Backup and restore your Plus! preferences
OK guys. Please try the following and tell me what happens at what step: - Import the script. Should be pretty straightforward.
- For each Windows Live ID that you are currently signed in with, a prompt should appear asking: "Would you like to enable PrefsBackup for the Windows Live ID abc@xyz.com? [Yes] [No]".
![[Image: pb1o.jpg]](http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/9408/pb1o.jpg)
- After you chose Yes, a dialog should come up telling you about the risks and responsibilities of running a beta. At the same time, a Changelog window should open in a notepad.
![[Image: pb2x.jpg]](http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/8910/pb2x.jpg)
- Now, nothing more happens automatically. To start a first backup, open your Messenger contact list.
- There, click the Scripts icon to bring the menu up.
- Choose PrefsBackup > Backup preferences...
- If this is the first time you do this for this Live ID, a window should come up asking you to enter the following:
- A new password
- Its confirmation
- An e-mail address of yours in case you forget your fresh password
- Its confirmation
- And one of those invite codes.
You will not be able to click on the [Save] button unless all confirmations are correct and the invite code is syntactically correct.
![[Image: pb3x.jpg]](http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/4832/pb3x.jpg)
- Now click on the [Save] button and wait.
- If everything went fine, you will get a notification like "Signed in. Now choose Backup or Restore.", and the window will close. If not, you will get a notification like "The invite code is invalid.", and the window will stay open so you can enter a different code.
- However, if it was NOT the first time you used that Windows Live ID with PrefsBackup, you get a different window, which asks you only for your current password (and provides you a link in case you actually forgot it).
![[Image: pb4h.jpg]](http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/3078/pb4h.jpg)
- Now that you are signed in, retry to open the Scripts menu and choose again PrefsBackup > Backup preferences...
- If everything goes fine, you will get a notification some seconds later, saying like "Backup successful.", and you're done for now.
![[Image: pb5k.jpg]](http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/3981/pb5k.jpg)
To perform a restore of your backed-up preferences, try the following: - Open the Messenger contact list.
- Click the Scripts icon, and choose PrefsBackup > Restore preferences...
- If you are not signed in yet, enter your password as described above.
- If you didn't perform any backup for this Windows Live ID yet, you can't restore anything and you will get a notification about that.
![[Image: pb6.jpg]](http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/9738/pb6.jpg)
- Else, you will see a prompt informing you about the need to restart Messenger after the preferences have been restored. Choose [Yes] to continue.
![[Image: pb7.jpg]](http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/1883/pb7.jpg)
- Now the preferences will be written back into your current Messenger Plus! settings profile. This should take less than a second.
- Finally, confirm to restart Messenger to complete the restore process.
![[Image: pb8.jpg]](http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/1994/pb8.jpg)
The bug about paths getting restored with double backslashes is confirmed. Paths shouldn't be restored at all, as mostly the different PCs have different paths. I will remove paths in the next version.
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RE: [Pre-Release] PrefsBackup - Backup and restore your Plus! preferences
Hmm... Messenger just crashed after clicking "Import", but had time enough to accept this:
![[Image: pb1o.jpg]](http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/9408/pb1o.jpg)
Then, the changelog and beta notice would appear, and PrefsBackup > Backup your preferences wouldn't work at all...
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RE: [Pre-Release] PrefsBackup - Backup and restore your Plus! preferences
Why are you defining the different registry options... why not enumerate them... make your code A LOT smaller.
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04-16-2009 05:40 PM |
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