Only 1 program can be associated with the mmip extension. In this case on your system it's MediaMonkey 5. Both MediaMonkey 4 and 5 use mmip as the extension for Addons.

Yes when I try to install. I will see if your suggestion does it. Typically, I have just clicked on the .mmip and Backup6 has installed itself. I have reinstalled it several times over the years to fix crazy behavior. Right now Backup6 is working again. Thanks for your help.

Do you mean when you try to install? If so install from Tools > Extension in MM4.

Okay when MMW5 came out I installed it to my C: drive in parallel to MMW4.
For a couple of years now I have been able to back both MMW's through their separate backup routines but now that I finally "upgraded" MMW4 to 4.1.31.1919, every time I try to use Backup 6.0 it calls MMW5.
If I try to reinstall Backup from the mmip file the mmip file calls MMW5 as well. This only started after the most recent upgrade of MMW4.
Any ideas? Also since it may be that MMW5 actually integrates Backup 6.0 can I just rely on that to keep a backup for both progs?

Thanks.

The other option was to leave it installed and turn off "Auto backup on shutdown". It's never worked well for me.
In fact, I don't use any of the auto backup settings. It still works well manually for me though.

Thanks Lowlander! That worked.

Seems like I had looked for it there previously and didn't see it listed anywhere? Must have missed it as it was certainly there just now and disappeared after using the 'Uninstall' button!

Try Tools > Extensions to see if you can uninstall from there.

I think I have this script installed from many years ago and it stopped working a few years ago. I hadn't used it much as anyway as I had other backups so really did not need it.

Dumb question, but can someone tell me how to remove this script so it no longer runs when closing MM4? I should know this, but I haven't done anything with MM scrips for a very long time...

Thanks!

Many thanks Ian

Hi Scott_135,

When you run Backup 6.0, the dialogue box will show you the files you can choose to "Backup" and their source location. It will also allow you to choose where to put the backup - the Output Path - and the name of the backup if you want to compress the files into one ZIP.

You have two options:
1). Manually copy the MM.DB file from the Backup Location to the C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\MediaMonkey. Personally, I would rename the MM.DB to something like MM.OLD before copying the backup version.

2). Run the restore script. In which case, the script will ask you to confirm the Windows User Directory (or provide an alternative) and Media Monkey directory (e.g. C:\Program Files\MediaMonkey\ ).

This applies to MMW4 only. MMW5 has a limited backup functionality under the main menu - File / Manage Database / Backup / Backup Database Now.

Greetings to all,
Can anyone please advise how one would reinstall a backup of their Media Monkeuy Library using Backup 6.0?

Thanks in advance.

Scott

Don't waste your time with this ancient script. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't - but it always depends on the whim of Windows. It is also vbs. You can already see from the date that it is not maintained at all. And this thread is as long as the program is old.

Better create an automatic task that backs up the data regularly.

Many things don't run in MM5 anymore. The developers seem to have little interest in MM5.
And yes, in MM5 you can create a backup automatically. But only from the database!

so I still would like to try use a backup in archive form, but what I described here still persists - does anyone have any idea why I cannot tick the box for zip-archive in the backup script?

lueromat wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 5:04 pm I would like to use a zip file instead of a folder for backup, but I cannot tick the box - how do I fix that?

=> https://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewt ... bc#p258498
this didn't work, "XZip.dll" isn't present in my scripts folder

any suggestions?

No, MediaMonkey 5 requires Addons to be rewritten to be compatible, but MediaMonkey 5 features a build in back of the MediaMonkey database: https://www.mediamonkey.com/wiki/WebHel ... y_Database

Does this MM backup script still work with the new version of MM? Haven’t tried it yet because I loaded the backup playlists script but it errored out after i executed it from MM scripts. I installed it successfully after downloading from Trixmoto’s website. Hence my question on the full MM database backup script.

Thanks