Remove Carbonite Exceptions and Backup All Your Files

A quick and dirty workaround

I've been using Carbonite for a while now and the service is everything that it claims to be: fast, reliable, and basically hassle free. The one issue I have with it is that it ignores a number of file types by default. Luckily, with a small batch file and a little time this is easily rectified.

Paste the following code into a new batch file (e.g. carbonite.bat) and run the batch job from a new directory. It will create a new file for each type that Carbonite ignores by default. Then, right-click on each file and check the "Back up files of this type" option under Properties->Carbonite.

set EXTENSION_LIST=(.bak .log .cab .cf1 .chm .com .cpl .dll .dmp .drv .evt .exe .inf .ico .iso .jar .lex .lib .msi .msm .mst .ocx .otf .pnf .pf .prn .reg .rll .swf .sys .ttf .tmp .vxd .chq .chw .hlp .hxi .hxq .hxr .hxs .abf .afm .bdf .dfont .eot .fnt .fon .lwfn .otf .pfa .pfb .pfm .suit .ttc .ttf .ani .ann .bmk .cnt .cpl .cur .dev .drv .dvd .ffa .ffl .ffo .ffx .ftg .fts .gid .grp .idx .img .ini .ins .ipf .isp .its .kbd .kext .key .msc .msp .nt .plist .pol .pref .prf .pwl .reg .scf .scr .sdb .swp .sys .theme .vga .vgd .vxd .fxp .jse .obs .prg .rox .shb .tms .vbe .wpk .$$$ .$db .113 .abk .bac .bck .bcm .bdb .bkf .bkp .old .rdb .win .PCH .SBR .PDB .OBJ .BSC .ILK .NCB .IDB .v2i .ost .lnk .vhd .vmc .vmdk)
for %%i in %EXTENSION_LIST% do echo 2>carbonite%%i