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jypeter [Suggested filters when backing up your Windows folder]
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-==== Suggested filters when backing up your Windows folder ====+==== Suggested filters when backing up your Windows ​Home folder ====
  
-Default Windows folder: ''​C:​\Users\your_login''​+Default Windows ​Home folder: ''​C:​\Users\your_login''​
  
   * Remove [[other:​win10wsl|WSL+Linux]] from backup: ''​%%*\AppData\Local\Packages\Canonical*Ubuntu*\%%''​   * Remove [[other:​win10wsl|WSL+Linux]] from backup: ''​%%*\AppData\Local\Packages\Canonical*Ubuntu*\%%''​
     * It's probably better to use [[other:​win10wsl#​restoring_a_wsl_backup|wsl export/​import]] for saving/​restoring a full WSL installation,​ or a //tar// file for saving only the Linux ''​home''​ directory     * It's probably better to use [[other:​win10wsl#​restoring_a_wsl_backup|wsl export/​import]] for saving/​restoring a full WSL installation,​ or a //tar// file for saving only the Linux ''​home''​ directory
-    * Remember that WSL+Linux can access Windows ​directories ​using ''/​mnt/​some_drive/​some_directory''​. You can put your data files in ''​some_drive:​\some_directory''​ and use SyncBack to save the content! +    * Remember that WSL+Linux can access Windows ​folders ​using ''/​mnt/​some_drive/​some_directory''​.\\ You can put your data files in ''​some_drive:​\some_folder''​ and use SyncBack to save the content ​of this regular Windows folder
-  * Remove the backup of all the settings saved in AppData\Local\Packages:​ ''​%%*\AppData\Local\Packages\%%''​ +  * Remove the backup of all the settings saved in ''​AppData\Local\Packages''​: ''​%%*\AppData\Local\Packages\%%''​ 
-  * Try to remove all the cache files: ''​*cache*\''​\\ This should take care of cache folders like:+  * Try to remove all the cache files: ''​*\*cache*\''​\\ This should take care of cache folders like:
     * ''​%%*\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\*Cache\%%''​     * ''​%%*\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\*Cache\%%''​
   * Remove some Microsoft apps related directories:​ ''​%%*\AppData\Local\Microsoft*\%%''​   * Remove some Microsoft apps related directories:​ ''​%%*\AppData\Local\Microsoft*\%%''​
other/win10_syncback.txt · Last modified: 2020/04/29 14:38 by jypeter