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Step 5Creating unique archive names
If all you wanted was something to prevent the tedium of manually zipping up all those files, archive.bat will do. I like to keep all my saved versions in one place, however, and you can't have a hundred files all called archive.zip- there's no way to tell them apart, for you or for Windows.
To rectify this problem, we will add a short VB Script to the mix that will save your newly created archive in a backups folder with a unique filename.
VBScript is a touch more complex than batch files, but the good news is this bit has even less to customise than archive.bat and it's entirely plausible that you could use the exact code I put here without any modifications. For the next step I will assume that you want to store your backups in a folder called Backups, with the time and date of creation in the filename to help you find the right archive.
To rectify this problem, we will add a short VB Script to the mix that will save your newly created archive in a backups folder with a unique filename.
VBScript is a touch more complex than batch files, but the good news is this bit has even less to customise than archive.bat and it's entirely plausible that you could use the exact code I put here without any modifications. For the next step I will assume that you want to store your backups in a folder called Backups, with the time and date of creation in the filename to help you find the right archive.
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