tag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:/discussions/problems/61100-restoring-from-backupInfinite Kind: Discussion 2020-08-21T21:40:23Ztag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:Comment/483554602020-05-22T21:35:24Z2020-05-22T21:35:24ZRestoring from backup<div><p>I'm a fellow user.</p>
<p>The restore deliberately uses the backup folder name so as to not overwrite the original files. This is a safety mechanism to ensure that a mistake is not made when restoring (oops my original files were ok I didn't really want to ovewrite them)</p>
<p>There is no Save As in Moneydance, the file structure is not a single file it is a complete folder tree that can contain many files including attachments, so a Save as function would really have to be a delete and rename function to overwrite an existing folder or a rename function if the other folder did not exist. Again it could be a little dangerous it it was that easy to do and Moneydance likes to err on the safety side, not unreasonable when you are taking about your financial history.</p>
<p>So the process where you use Operating system level tools like Explorer is the approach to take. I think it is something that the developers want you to be taking explicit action to do hence not adding a menu item in Moneydance to do it.</p></div>dwg