Windows 7/'8 'Libraries' and 'File History' features

[Shut Up Legs]

Not impressed, Microsoft! I could swear both the 'Libraries' and 'File History' features were written by graduate programmers and never properly code-reviewed, unit-tested, verified and validated.

Here's what's wrong with them:

1. File History cannot be configured to backup anything except what's in the individual library entries under 'Libraries' in Windows Explorer. I was wondering why File History backed up my files so quickly, and then realised that because (like any experienced PC user who likes the PC customised to suit him/herself) I had put a lot of my data in non-library locations and never added them to a library, they simply weren't being backed up! This is a major shortcoming, because it simply won't occur to many Windows users to add folders they wish to backup to the libraries, and so they won't get backed up (by File History, at least) - data loss trap #1.
   
2. If you select a library under 'Libraries' to view its contents, the Delete operation does exactly what it would do to the original folder - sends it to the Recycle Bin (assuming that's enabled, of course). This is another major trap for inexperienced Windows users - data loss trap #2. The correct way to remove a folder from a library without deleting the original folder location is to
   • right-click the library and select Properties.
   • click the folder entry listed in this library's contents, and click the Remove button.

I can live with the above, but I'm a software engineer, and so little quirks like these don't have me throwing up my hands in despair, only irritating me.

 

[Dangermouse]

...............lost, very lost...............

 

[shouldbeinbed]

@victor: top of the page, click into the technology forum. Same login details as here and with this level of knowledge and interest, you'll fit right in on the top table.

 

[musa]

your first problem
windows 8

 

[Shut Up Legs]

your first problem
windows 8

No way I'm getting into a Windows vs Linux vs Mac argument: they all have their own drawbacks and advantages.

 

[Kies]

No way I'm getting into a Windows vs Linux vs Mac argument: they all have their own drawbacks and advantages.

But DIGITAL's VMS running on an Alphaserver GS1280 beats them all.

 

[vernon]

No way I'm getting into a Windows vs Linux vs Mac argument: they all have their own drawbacks and advantages.

Abandon all of them and revert to DR DOS and GEM. Their applic ations don't have fly on modern processors.

 

[Bollo]

But DIGITAL's VMS running on an Alphaserver GS1280 beats them all.

Best OS ever!

 

[Bollo]

I dropped my laptop down the toilet once - data loss trap #3