This feature would be so useful that this has probably been asked before.
I just couldn't find anything about it.

What do you think about a semi-automatic backup that at every n-th closedown reminds the user to perform a backup.

I think such a feature would help many users a lot, especially those that don't think of a backup themselves.

Proposal edited to match the even better ideas of tweeter and Addicted2DVD:
OP was:

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This feature would be so useful that this has probably been asked before.
I just couldn't find anything about it.

What do you think about an automatic backup at closedown, preferably with the option to pick
A: Every Closedown
B: Every 5th Closedown
C: Every 10th Closedown

I'm aware of the command line options, the problem I see here is, that the backup is made (at startup) before the changes occur. Even worse: Not many users know how to use them or that they even exist.

I think such a feature would help many users a lot, especially those that don't think of a backup themselves.

I like the idea of it asking (reminding) you to backup but not sure I would want it to automatically backup at every X time I close it.

Quoting Addicted2DVD:

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I like the idea of it asking (reminding) you to backup but not sure I would want it to automatically backup at every X time I close it.

Me, too.  (I think it's funny that the only time the prg reminds you to back up is when you just finished doing so.  )

As long as you can turn it off. I have a scheduled backup of my whole C: drive once a week so I don't think I would use it much, except for migrating to the next version of Profiler...

With 4700+ profiles backup takes quite a while, so I wouldn't want to have it forced on me.
A reminder that can be turned off sound like a great idea, though.

You can do this yourself by creating a batch file that will copy your DVD Profiler directory from your User Directory into another location and create a windows Scheduled Task to kick it off every x days.

Here's a batch file for Windows XP.  It'll create a full backup of your entire DVD Profiler data directory on first run, subsequent runs will only copy the files that have been modified.

Note that if you perform system backups based on the Archive bit, this script clears that bit after the file is copied.

Notes: For Vista that wasn't upgraded from XP, your "My Documents" directory may be called "Documents".

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@echo off
%homedrive%
cd "%userprofile%\My Documents"
if not exist "DVD Profiler Backup" mkdir "DVD Profiler Backup"
xcopy "DVD Profiler\*.*" "DVD Profiler Backup" /m /e /v /h /r /k /o /y

Subsequent backups will only copy the modified/new files.  Old cover scans won't be removed.

I'll post a Vista/Win7 script later today once I get home and get access to my Vista box.

If you wanted to create and keep multiple backups, this alteration to the batch file will create a directory with the current date, for example: "DVD Profiler Backup 2009-12-18".

Paste the below code at the start of the batch file on the 2nd line (after "@echo off").

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FOR /f "tokens=2-4 skip=1 delims=(-)" %%G IN ('echo.^|date') DO (
  FOR /f "tokens=2 delims= " %%A IN ('date /t') DO (
      SET v_first=%%G
      SET v_second=%%H
      SET v_third=%%I
      SET v_all=%%A
  )
)

SET %v_first%=%v_all:~0,2%
SET %v_second%=%v_all:~3,2%
SET %v_third%=%v_all:~6,4%

Then alter the following line:
if not exist "DVD Profiler Backup" mkdir "DVD Profiler Backup"

To read:
if not exist "DVD Profiler Backup %yy%-%mm%-%dd%" mkdir "DVD Profiler Backup %yy%-%mm%-%dd%"

Lovely work!!! You have just benefitted handsomely from the new 10 greenie allotment!
(Wow, reading that script again and again. It is a serious lesson in cool .BAT programming)