Completely back up Windows live Writer Settings and Saved drafts

You can completely back up windows live writer settings, drafts , recent posts and Plugins folder to any specified location of your choice using this wonderful software.

The problem with Windows live writer is that you cannot install it in a preferred location of your choice. It installs in the Same drive in which your Operating System is Installed  thus making it more vulnerable in case of a system crash. Yes you can use Portable Windows Live writer , but then again it is not a proper back up measure.

If you would like to back up Windows live writer Settings use the Windows live writer Backup utility. This tool backs up  Windows Live writer settings, Drafts,Recent posts and Plugins folder. You can save the back up file to another Drive so that in case of a System failure Your precious drafts aren’t Lost anyway. ( also read : Useful Windows live writer plugins )

After the backup process is complete you can Mount the back up in another computer using this back up utility. This may come in handy if you are using Multiple computers and want to carry your windows live writer settings from one computer to another.It would be even useful if Scott can automatically Schedule a daily backup of Windows live writer to a specified folder.

Update: The above link points to the older version of Windows Live writer backup. The latest version is available here

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Written by on Thursday, August 27th, 2009

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