How to restore the BudgetLink database from a backup

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Overview

BudgetLink stores Budgets and Settings in an Access database named AddonsLink Workspace.mdb which is located in the \BudgetLink\Workspaces\[Your Workspace] folder.

BudgetLink will prompt to take backups of this database upon closing or before advanced processing. Backups are stored in the \BudgetLink\Workspaces\[Your Workspace]\Backup\ folder. If the BudgetLink Database becomes corrupt, it can be restored from a back up.

This article describes how to do that.

Procedure

  1. Close BudgetLink;
  2. Open Windows Explorer and browse to the \BudgetLink\Workspaces\[Your Workspace]\Backup\ folder;
  3. Create a folder called Workspace Restored. This will be used to store a copy of the current corrupted files just in case we need to refer to them;
  4. Go to the \BudgetLink\Workspaces\[Your Workspace] folder and cut all the databases. One of those will be called AddonsLink Workspace.mdb;
  5. Go to the new "Workspace Restored" folder and paste the cut databases into it.;
  6. Browse to the \BudgetLink\Workspaces\[Your Workspace]\Backup\Workspace folder. It should contain files named in the format YYMMDD HHMM which represents the date and time the backup was taken;
  7. Open one which is likely to have a functional copy you wish to restore from and copy all the databases;
  8. Go up one folder to the \BudgetLink\Workspaces\[Your Workspace] and paste the copied databases into it;
  9. Restart BudgetLink;
  10. Run a Full Get Data.

Notes

  • The Backups are prefixed with a date time stamp which is taken from the date when the backup was taken and formatted as yymmdd - hhmm. This date time stamp must be removed when restoring the backup.

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