Backup 6.0 - Updated 01/07/2014

Dennis · Post by **Dennis** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:45 pm

Great Script!!

Very useful. Works perfect for me on Vista. Thanks Trixmoto!

trixmoto · Post by **trixmoto** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:09 pm

Glad you like!

cadmanmeg · Post by **cadmanmeg** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:54 am

When I run the script, all goes fine until it tries to create the zip file then it says 'ZIP component could not be installed'. I already have winzip installed on my machine so I am not sure why this is happening or what is creating it.

paulmt · Post by **paulmt** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 1:12 am

cadmanmeg wrote:'ZIP component could not be installed'. I already have winzip installed on my machine so I am not sure why this is happening or what is creating it.

Actually it's not WinZIP you need, I believe it's XZIP.DLL which you can find here and install into the scripts directory...

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spacefish · Post by **spacefish** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 4:09 am

paulmt wrote:
cadmanmeg wrote:'ZIP component could not be installed'. I already have winzip installed on my machine so I am not sure why this is happening or what is creating it.
Actually it's not WinZIP you need, I believe it's XZIP.DLL which you can find here and install into the scripts directory...

No, Trix's script already comes with XZIP.DLL. I had the same problem in that Windows Vista wouldn't register the .dll on installation/first use. I had to do that myself from a command prompt. A few posts up someone explains how to do that.

cadmanmeg · Post by **cadmanmeg** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 4:03 am

I am running Win XP Pro and I have had previous releases of this script with just fine in MM2.5. Just now trying to use MM3 and noticing this. Will try the zip thing, but is there anything else it could be? Thanks much.

cadmanmeg · Post by **cadmanmeg** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 4:07 am

The xzip dll is there under the scripts folder...so that is not it.

spacefish · Post by **spacefish** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 5:00 am

Okay, not sure about old versions of MM and this script. I only know that I got exactly the same error message you got and I had to manually register the dll before the archive portion of the script would work (it worked fine otherwise). I am on Vista, however.

The dll is already in the Scripts folder because it comes with the script when you install it. Have you tried registering the dll yourself? That's what worked for me.

cadmanmeg · Post by **cadmanmeg** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 4:02 am

How do I register a .dll myself? Just double click on it?

trixmoto · Post by **trixmoto** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:24 am

You need to call "regsvr32 <filepath>" where <filepath> is the full path of the "xzip.dll". You need to UAC switched off or be running command prompt as administrator though.

spacefish · Post by **spacefish** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:37 am

As I mentioned, there were instructions posted a page back but here, I've dug them out for you. These are pertinent to Vista. XP must have something similar to elevate the prompt.

Teknojnky wrote:You have to run from an elevated cmd prompt..

easiest way is right click desktop and create shortcut > cmd

after shortcut made, right click the shortcut and choose run as administrator

then enter the regsvr string posted earlier. (make sure the path to MM is correct, if you installed it to different folder)

The reason you must do this is, because even if you log in as administor, vista does not run elevated by default if you have UAC on..

You must either disable UAC or do the above

Michel37 · Post by **Michel37** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:26 am

Why can´t i set the path to the settings?
I´m using Vista.

drjboulder · Post by **drjboulder** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:46 am

Michel37 wrote:Why can´t i set the path to the settings?
I´m using Vista.

Do you have a version of MM2 still installed on your computer?
If you do it could be causing confusion for the script.

Michel37 · Post by **Michel37** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:52 am

MM 2.5 was uninstalled and i deleted the old folder with the .ini.

trixmoto · Post by **trixmoto** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 4:38 am

The settings path does need to be fixed, it's on my list. The field is editable in the settings because it's supposed to choose the right one for you!