Crash on Restore?

When you first set up a backup job as Zip, and then change the radio button to 7z, the backup filename stays as ".zip".

Further, you can really specify any extension you want on the backup file (such as BackUpFile.xyz), and it happily does it.

Either of those two conditions could affect the un-archiving issue.

Maybe the backup filename should have an automatic extension based on the radio button?

The 7zip archive correctly named as .7z won't open with UniExtractor, but does just fine when brought up in 7-ZipPortable.

The locally unarchived zip file created a directory the same as the backup filename, and contained the backup directory name inside it.

The locally unarchived 7z file (which had trouble unarchiving) created a directory the same as the backup directory name.

I'd look at the inclusion of path information in the archive creation/extraction process.

Automated restores scare me. I've been doing computers for many years (and during that time ran local and wide area networks) and again, automated restores scare me.

When I need a particular thing out of a backup, I tend to extract the archive to a neutral location, take the desired file and/or directory, and put it back where it belongs.

That's not an answer to your question, I know.

This is a bit difficult because the current beta blows up (as you mentioned) so this restore is based on the existing 2.1.2 version which looks a bit different.

So, the quick and dirty answer is this:

1. Go to the Backup Tab.
2. In "Job Name" click the + button and name it "Test" or whatever.
3. Click on the "Restore" radio button.
4. In the "Location to Extract into" area click on the three dots box and navigate to the directory you want to stick the files.
5. In the "Computer" window, navigate to the backup archive and highlight it.
6. Click on the + button to move the backup archive into the "Archives to Extract" window.
7. Click on the "OK" button.

Please note that if you want the files to go into a directory that does not exist (such as \PortableApps\XYZ), you would specify the "Location to Extract into" of \PortableApps and it will make the directory.