Saved Workspaces & IMatch Default Settings

[Darius1968]

In order to troubleshoot a problem I'm having with IMatch about the Events Filter, I launched IMatch with its default settings.  I found that this has deleted all of my saved workspaces.  Even though within the program itself, those workspaces appear lost, is there still a folder on the disk storage that has them?  If not, my last database backup is about 2 days old.  Any way to recover the workspaces from that?  Thanks. 

[Mario]

Workspaces and all other settings are stored in IMatch settings database C:\ProgramData\photools.com\IMatch6\config\imatch.pts
See 2. The Settings Database, Presets, Templates, Apps

[Jingo]

Workspaces and all other settings are stored in IMatch settings database C:\ProgramData\photools.com\IMatch6\config\imatch.pts
See 2. The Settings Database, Presets, Templates, Apps

And I cannot emphasize enough to be sure this PTS file is included in any and all database backups... I had to rebuild all the settings recently because while my DB and images have been backed up for years... I guess I never backed up my pts file which became corrupt somehow... deleting the pts file at least allowed me access to the DB backup.. but it would have been nice not to recreate all my settings.

[Mario]

Your daily backup routine should always contain the "program data" folder. Because all applications store important and often otherwise irretrievable information there.
You should keep your daily backups for weeks, your weekly backups for months and your monthly backups for years...

It is so easy these days to make daily backups and to retain them. Powerful backup software like Macrium Reflect or TrueImage. 80$ for a 4 TB external hard disk which can hold months of backups (and a second disk for swapping).
There is a saying in the IT "No backup. No mercy".

[Jingo]

Your daily backup routine should always contain the "program data" folder. Because all applications store important and often otherwise irretrievable information there.
You should keep your daily backups for weeks, your weekly backups for months and your monthly backups for years...

It is so easy these days to make daily backups and to retain them. Powerful backup software like Macrium Reflect or TrueImage. 80$ for a 4 TB external hard disk which can hold months of backups (and a second disk for swapping).
There is a saying in the IT "No backup. No mercy".

True.. I'm going to change my C drive backup scheme today... been just doing an "overwrite" scheme on my drive with Monthly complete images... but, think I'll just add the entire C drive to a differential daily and keep for 30 days.. as you say - space is cheap and having 30 days of restore should prevent what I encountered recently!

[Mario]

I have never lost important data since I do proper backups.
And I lose two or three disks (or SSDs) per year due to excessive wear. And keyboards/mouses, but that's another thing 

[cthomas]

Your daily backup routine should always contain the "program data" folder. Because all applications store important and often otherwise irretrievable information there.
You should keep your daily backups for weeks, your weekly backups for months and your monthly backups for years...

It is so easy these days to make daily backups and to retain them. Powerful backup software like Macrium Reflect or TrueImage. 80$ for a 4 TB external hard disk which can hold months of backups (and a second disk for swapping).
There is a saying in the IT "No backup. No mercy".

Where can this folder be found? So that I can add it to my Backup.

[Mario]

Open Windows Explorer and type

%PROGRAMDATA%

into the address bar at the top.