User`s guide
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Environment variables
Some environment variables point to Windows folders. Using such variables instead of full folder and
file paths ensures that proper Windows folders are backed up regardless of where Windows is
located on a particular machine.
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Program Files folder %PROGRAMFILES% Points to the Program Files folder (for example,
C:\Program Files)
Windows folder %WINDIR% Points to the folder where Windows is located (for
example, C:\Windows)
Common data for all
user profiles
%ALLUSERSPROFILE% Points to the folder where the common data of all
user profiles is located (typically, C:\Documents and
Settings\All Users in Windows XP and
C:\ProgramData in Windows Vista)
You can use other environment variables or a combination of environment variables and text. For
example, to refer to the Acronis folder in the machines' Program Files folder, type:
%PROGRAMFILES%\Acronis
Templates
Templates are similar to environment variables, but are already pre-customized.
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All files on all volumes
on a machine
[All Files] Points to all files on all volumes of the machine.
All user profiles
existing on a machine
[All Profiles Folder] Points to the folder where all user profiles are
located (typically, C:\Documents and Settings in
Windows XP, and C:\Users in Windows Vista).
Linux
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Text file file.txt on the
volume /dev/hda3
mounted on
/home/usr/docs
/dev/hda3/file.txt
or
/home/usr/docs/file.txt
Home directory of the
common users
/home
The root user's home
directory
/root
Directory for all user-
related programs
/usr
Directory for system
configuration files
/etc