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Payroll Solution provides a utility for making a backup copy of a company's data files prior to performing any processing which cannot be undone, such updating the NI History file. This backup creates a compressed ZIP file of the data folder and is written to a location of your choosing.

 

To Perform a Backup


Warning: There should be no other users logged into the system and you should have all Payroll Solution windows closed prior to performing a backup.

 

1.Select File, then click Backup

2.Click Continue to proceed after acknowledging the warning (as stated above) and the GNU LGPL license message

3.Browse to the destination location for the backup and click OK

4.If you have performed a backup at this location prior to this one, you are prompted to overwrite the existing ZIP file. Click Yes to overwrite and proceed

5.A message indicates that the backup has completed and the status of the backup
Click Yes to view the detailed log file, or No to return to the menu

 

See Also


Change Week Ending Date

Change Employee Vacation Pay Date

Disable Support Checking

Edit NI History

End-of-Year

Export Employees

Import Employees

Initialize Company Data Files

New Company

Open Company

Rebuild Employee YTD Earnings

Rebuild NI History

Register Additional Company

Restore Data Files

Update Payroll Solution

 

 

 

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