# Rockwell Project Backups

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rockwell-project-backups/94922>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [August 21, 2024, 4:36am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rockwell-project-backups/94922 "2024-08-21T04:36:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Caleb\_Deer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Caleb\_Deer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Caleb_Deer)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 4:36am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rockwell-project-backups/94922/1 "2024-08-21T04:36:10Z")

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Has anyone found a way to use ignition to auto backup Studio 5000 projects?

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**Author:** ![toddhowden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2acd7d/32.png) [@toddhowden](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/toddhowden)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 11:36am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rockwell-project-backups/94922/2 "2024-08-21T11:36:58Z")

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I found it easier to use Robocopy. Been using it for years without issue.

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**Author:** ![Benjamin\_Furlani](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/benjamin_furlani/32/66084_2.png) [@Benjamin\_Furlani](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Benjamin_Furlani)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rockwell-project-backups/94922/3 "2024-08-21T12:04:56Z")

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Are you talking like Asset Centre but with Ignition? Just curious what the thought behind it is.

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**Author:** ![michael.flagler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/michael.flagler/32/26272_2.png) [@michael.flagler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.flagler)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rockwell-project-backups/94922/4 "2024-08-21T14:13:20Z")

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If you're talking about having Studio 5000 do an upload and save it somewhere, I don't know if that's possible. At one time Rockwell had (and I still have stashed somewhere) a CLI tool to do uploads, downloads, and conversions between L5X, L5K, and ACD files. You could possibly try automating it, but I think for uploads/downloads, the path to the processor had to be stored in RSLinx already (been a while since I used it so I don't remember). They've since stopped distributing it, so not sure if it even works with newer versions or not.