Visual Studio 2010 Project Backup Folder

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Is it possible to change the backup folder of Visual Studio 2010? i wonder because i am not fully comfortable keeping any kind of backup files in the windows installation directory considering a system crash

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Posted 26-Jun-11 9:06am

physicsworks

Updated 26-Jun-11 9:58am

DaveAuld

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DaveAuld 26-Jun-11 15:58pm

Edit: No need for it all to be in bold!

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DaveAuld · Answer 1 · 2011-06-26T10:26:00

I suggest you read the following article; http://blogs.msdn.com/b/zainnab/archive/2010/06/30/autorecover-vstipenv0019.aspx[^]

Backup isn't what the name suggests, but is related to Autorecover, and not all files in the project would be available in this location.

If you are that concerned, you might want to setup an alternative method of ensuring your active projects are not corrupted.

Albert Holguin · Answer 2 · 2011-06-26T15:59:00

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For a more complete solution to source backup and change tracking, look at using something like SVN, Mercurial, or any other source control alternatives. Even if you're just starting as a student (don't know if you are), learning to use those tools will also help you once you move on to working in industry, as these are the tools commonly used to backup and track changes in source code.

Posted 26-Jun-11 15:59pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 26-Jun-11 22:11pm

That would be great for managing code (in my opinion, a must, even for small works), but OP asks about backup of VS folder. I added some ideas about that.
--SA

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 3 · 2011-06-26T16:15:00

I would suggest you never back up it. I would advice you to be ready to re-install all software from scratch, starting from re-formatting of disks. If you're not able to do this at any time, you're at risk in principle. You only need to backup you own work.

You should do all your works under some revision control system, as Albert already suggested. Please see this discussion:
Revision control systems, which to choose from?[^].

I would advice you do all your works under revision control system, even all small works.

—SA

physicsworks · Answer 4 · 2011-06-27T11:13:00

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Thank you all, from now on instead of relying on auto recovery i will be using tortoise svn tool which i have found on google. If you have a better svn solution that goes along well with Visual Studio 2010 i will be happy to try that too..

Posted 27-Jun-11 11:13am

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Albert Holguin 27-Jun-11 17:28pm

Be aware that you will need both a server and a client for svn... I use it along with studio on a daily basis... my SVN server is in a computer closet away from my office. That is additionally backed up to hard drives that are stored off-site (in case of a catastrophe such as a fire), but that may be a bit overkill for you.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 27-Jun-11 20:00pm

You can hold a server on your development computer -- it's really light weight. There are several different options on server setup -- stand-along with native SVN protocol, SVN as HTTP server, SVN on Apache HTTP server, different data bases, etc.
--SA

Albert Holguin 27-Jun-11 21:12pm

I know... typical client/server application... but its still two applications, I didn't say it need be two systems. We host our server on an old linux machine with only about 2GB of RAM and an old Pentium and it works great.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 29-Jun-11 5:56am

Sure.
--SA

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