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Openza Tasks

Backup & Restore

Openza Tasks can create backup copies of your data on this PC. OneDrive backup is an optional extra layer for recovery if the PC is lost, reset, or damaged.

Automatic Backups

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By default, Openza Tasks creates one startup backup per day. You can turn startup backups on or off in Settings.

Enabling/Disabling Auto-Backup

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  1. Open Settings from the left navigation
  2. Select Backups
  3. Toggle Create a backup on startup on or off

Manual Backup

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Create a backup anytime from Settings:

  1. Open Settings
  2. Click Create backup
  3. The backup appears in your backup list

Backup Management

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Viewing Backups

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Your backups are displayed with:

  • Reason such as daily, manual, legacy, pre-restore, pre-import, or pre-migration
  • Date and time of creation
  • Task, project, and space counts
  • File size

Export Backup

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Export a backup to save externally or transfer to another computer:

  1. Select the backup you want to export
  2. Click Export selected
  3. Choose a save location
  4. The backup is saved as an Openza Tasks backup file

Restore from Backup

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  1. Select the backup to restore
  2. Click Restore selected
  3. Confirm the restore dialog

Openza Tasks creates a safety copy of your current data before restoring the backup.

Restore from External File

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Restore a backup from another computer or external storage:

  1. Open Settings
  2. Click Restore from file
  3. Select an Openza Tasks backup file from your computer
  4. Confirm the restore dialog

Backup Storage

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  • Backups are stored in an Openza folder on this PC
  • Tasks keeps recent daily, weekly, monthly, and event backups
  • Use Export selected when you want a copy in a folder of your choice

OneDrive Backup

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OneDrive backup is optional and disabled by default. When enabled, Openza uploads backup snapshots to its app folder in the Microsoft account you choose for OneDrive backup.

You can enable passphrase encryption so backup files are encrypted before upload. On a new PC, encrypted OneDrive backups require the passphrase.

OneDrive Actions

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In Settings > Backups, you can:

  • Enable or disable OneDrive backup
  • Choose or change the Microsoft account used for OneDrive backup
  • Upload a backup now
  • Refresh the cloud backup list
  • Restore from a selected OneDrive backup
  • Add, change, or remove the optional passphrase

Deleting a backup from this PC does not delete its OneDrive copy. Openza removes only its own older OneDrive backups when applying the backup-retention settings.

Best Practices

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  • Keep auto-backup enabled for peace of mind
  • Enable OneDrive backup if you want recovery after PC loss, reset, or disk failure
  • After major changes, create a manual backup
  • Before restoring, Openza creates a safety copy of your current data