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Allow us to turn off automatic backup of IDATA & PDATA folders

BruceJ

My backup routine is simple.  I have a script that runs an incremental backup of the Lacerte folder every night.  I noticed at the end of the 2022 that my incremental backup were unusually large and after a discussion with Lacerte support, found out that Lacerte swapped out their database structure and put in place an automatic backup routine that places 5 days worth of backups inside the IDATA and PDATA folders.  I was told that the reason for this was because CLPACK didn't work for those two platforms.  For those preparers who don't routinely do backups, I think this is a great idea.  However, I do perform routine backups and it would be nice if I could turn this automatic feature off so that my incremental backups don't continue to grow at an exponential rate.

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LMTaxLady
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The program is making a backup of the IDATA and PDATA for 2021 AND 2022 during working hours.  I do NOT want this.  I should have the right to decide when I want to backup - not Lacerte!  There are 5 backups of individual 2022, 5 backups of individual 2021, 5 backups of partnership 2022 and 5 backups of partnership 2021 on my server.  Doing this while we are working is insane and unacceptable.

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