Temporary Folders

To avoid unnecessarily high data change rates and excessive use of network bandwidth, the user's temporary folders need to be excluded from LiveVault Online Backup and Recovery Service backup.

LiveVault Online Backup and Recovery Service Agent version 3.1.2 and later automatically exclude the temporary folders. If you are running an earlier Agent version, you must manually create the exclusions. Also, if your computer is configured to use directories other than the defaults (as specified below), you must manually create the exclusions.

In the tree view on the Files to Backup tab, you will see the icon for the automatically excluded directories and subdirectories. Parent directories of the automatically excluded directories are marked in MyLiveVault with one of the "partially excluded" icons, either (if a parent directory is selected), or (if a parent directory is not selected).

Windows NT 4.0

The temporary directory is specified by the value of %TEMP%. For example, if the value is C:\Temp, create the exclusion:

Exclude C:\Temp\*

Windows 2000/2003

The default per-user temporary directories are based on the registry value of ProfilesDirectory. For example, for the default value %SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings, where %SystemDrive% value is C:, create the exclusion:

Exclude C:\Documents and Settings\*\Local Settings\Temp\*

Related Information

Excluding Files from Backup
Automatic and Recommended Backup Exclusions