Vista backup doesn't skip programs HK 5/14/2007 3:53:00 AM The backup utility in Vista says that it won't backup programs, and it skips the C:\Program Files folder, but on the 64-bit version it still backs up the full C:\Program Files (x86) folder, where, incidentally, the vast majority of my programs are (I'm backing up to a network location - it's using over 20 GB of space and takes hours). Is there a way to configure it to skip this folder?

Re: Vista backup doesn't skip programs "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie[ at ]mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> 5/14/2007 9:59:21 PM So far as I'm aware, there is no configuration of Vista Backup to add/remove directories. Whatever it decides to back up is what you get. -- Charlie. http://msmvps.com/xperts64 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel "HK" <HK[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:16C0E03B-E5A7-4737-9271-F412314D6C21[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > The backup utility in Vista says that it won't backup programs, and it > skips > the C:\Program Files folder, but on the 64-bit version it still backs up > the > full C:\Program Files (x86) folder, where, incidentally, the vast majority > of > my programs are (I'm backing up to a network location - it's using over 20 > GB > of space and takes hours). Is there a way to configure it to skip this > folder?