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Q98118: Can’t Back Up .BAK,.LOG,.LST,.PRO,.RST,.SAV,.SLT, & .TMP Files

Article: Q98118
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:6.0,6.2,6.22; WINDOWS:3.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 19-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 6.0, 6.2, 6.22 
- Microsoft Windows 3.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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Microsoft Backup does not back up, compare, or restore files ending with the
following extensions if they reside in the same directory from which Backup was
started:

  .BAK   .RST
  .LOG   .SAV
  .LST   .SLT
  .PRO   .TMP

If you move the MSBACKUP.EXE file to another directory, Backup can work with
files with these extensions; however, it still does not back up the MSBACKUP.TMP
file.

With Backup in a new directory, it does not compare or restore the following
filenames:

  DEFAULT.SET
  DEFAULT.SLT
  MSBACKUP.INI
  MSBACKUP.RST
  RESTORE.TMP

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in MS-DOS versions 6.0, 6.2, and
6.22. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: 6.00 6.20 msbackup MSAV msavirus.lst

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin300 kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS622 kbMSDOS620 kbMSDOS600
Version           : MS-DOS:6.0,6.2,6.22; WINDOWS:3.0

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