topic Re: Movebak command not working in AutoCAD Forum

Movebak command not working

n.azbell — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 14:08:44 GMT

A user's bak files are being saved to the C\Temp folder. We tried the movebak command and entered a "." to reset it to the default, which is to save the bak files to the same directory as the dwg file, however the setting is not saving. When we look at movebak again, it still says C\Temp. What could be keeping this setting from changing?

Re: Movebak command not working

rkmcswain — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 14:11:39 GMT

If you run the MOVEBAK command again, does it say it's set to C:\Temp ?

Then something is setting it, perhaps something in the startup code (Acad.lsp maybe?)

Re: Movebak command not working

Valentin_CAD — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 21:13:15 GMT

@n.azbell ,

How to reset AutoCAD to defaults

Re: Movebak command not working

rkmcswain — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 14:28:16 GMT

@Valentin_CAD - none of that has anything to do with MOVEBAK.

MOVEBAK is an old "Bonus Tool", later turned into an "Express Tool" It simply intercepts the BAK file after the DWG is renamed to BAK and moves it to the location set in this command.

Re: Movebak command not working

david.burow — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 20:59:52 GMT

MOVEBAK stopped working suddenly for me too. In my case I had recently deleted the folder MOVEBAK was mapped to. Recreating that folder and it's working again.

Apparently MOVEBAK can't create a folder if it doesn't exist, instead it just fails to move the bak file.