Restoring a backup lets you return your entire Meeting Schedule Assistant environment to a previously saved state. This is helpful after a computer issue, data loss, or when passing the assignment to another brother.

The Restore window displays your available backups in descending date order, so the most recent one always appears first.

Restore Settings window showing the Backup History list with multiple ZIP files sorted by date and time. The right‑hand panel includes buttons for Restore, Browse, Open File Location, Cancel, and Help.

Figure 20. The Restore window showing the list of available backups.

How to Access

You can access this feature from:

  • File — Restore
  • Toolbar — Restore

How to Restore a Backup

Select the backup file you want to restore, then click Restore.

The application performs the following steps:

  1. Verifies that the backup file still exists.
  2. Asks for confirmation, since the restore process cannot be undone.
  3. Restores all data from the selected backup.

During the restore process, a progress bar is displayed:

Progress bar showing the restore process in Meeting Schedule Assistant. The bar is at 68% and displays the current file being processed (“AssignmentSlips\2020\s‑89‑ptg.css”). The local congregation name is shown on the right side of the window.

Figure 21. The progress bar shows the current status of the restore.

Browse

If the backup you want to restore is not shown in the history list, click Browse.

You can then navigate to any ZIP file and restore it manually.

Open File Location

Select any backup in the list and click Open File Location to open File Explorer with the selected ZIP file highlighted.

Example of using the Open Folder Location tool

Figure 22. Example of using the Open File Location tool.

Video Tutorial

(Note: This video tutorial is based on an older version of the software.)

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