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This backup program is really just a systematic way of copying as many specified source folders as required to a specified target folder.  The backup operation can either be initiated on demand or set up as a daily, automated operation.  In either case, only new files and those that have changed since the last backup are actually copied.

Once the program has been installed, an icon can normally be found on the desktop.  The user just needs to double click the icon to execute the program.  You must first define where you want the target folder where the backup is to be copied, then the source folders you want to back up. To specify the target folder, click on the "Copy files To..." button and select the folder (You can create the folder if it doesn't already exist).  To specify the source folders, use the buttons identified by  "Add folder to backup" and "Remove folder".  The source folders are displayed in a listview control which shows ten at a time but can be scrolled if there are more.

This selected set of source folders, exception folders, and the target folder makes up what will be referred to here as a configuration.  Configurations can be saved from the File menu as files with .bku extensions.  These files can be opened from the Open item of the File menu.  The last configure file opened is automatically loaded by default each time the program is executed. Maintaining these configurations is simply a matter of convenience, keeping you from having to redefine the source and target folders each time you backup, especially to different devices.  And for any configuration that is loaded, checkboxes allow you to select which source folders to backup this time.

The bottom two buttons are titled Backup and Close.  The Backup button initiates the backup operation and of course, the Close button exits the program with a reminder to save the file if changes have occurred.  The title of the Backup button will be changed to Stop after the backup operation begins in order to allow the user to interrupt the operation.