Backup-Procedure

I'd recommend just copying your User Data folder somewhere periodically.

You can backup the User Data folder (see File menu).

Hi @mjj3. I know this is an old post, but I found it with a search. I realized I was exposed by having all backups of my custom WL strategies on local systems and devices. I wanted to put a copy of them in the cloud.

I use OneDrive but didn't think I could move the /Strategies folder into OneDrive (although I didn't investigate this option). I found a tool built into Windows that I was not aware of, Robocopy.

I set it up to *copy* the contents of the /Strategy folder to a Wealth-Lab folder I created in OneDrive. I also set Task Scheduler to run a batch file containing a command line each day to copy any updates to strategies I am coding. Works great and I sleep better at night ;). I'm sure there are other options like GitHub.

If you haven't already solved this, let me know if you want me to point you to instructions that I found to do this.

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I use OneDrive but didn't think I could move the /Strategies folder into OneDrive

That should work. Copy the Data folder to a OneDrive location, then use File > Set Data Folder Location...

However, if you use WealthLab on more than one machine, pointing to a shared Data Folder on OneDrive could result in conflicts accessing and writing to files.

Thanks @Cone. Good to know. Not my personally preferred solution because:
1. I worry about any conflicts a custom install location might cause with WL8 upgrades, complete reinstall or new computer, although these may not be an issue.
2. I don't trust OneDrive enough to have a mission-critical application (i.e., WL) depend on accessing its virtual file structure it in real-time. I've had some issues in other apps with the way it encodes links I've had to work around.