Restoring a backup allows you to return your entire Meeting Schedule Assistant environment to a previously saved state. This is useful after a computer failure, data loss, or when transferring the assignment to another brother.

You can access this feature from:

  • File — Restore
  • Toolbar — Restore

Restore Window

When you open the Restore window, you will see a list of previously created backups.

The history is sorted in descending date order, so the most recent backup appears first.

If you have created multiple backups using the same file name (for example, backing up twice to D:\Backup1.zip), only the most recent date is shown in the list.

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 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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