GHOST Buster Backup and restore Ghost Recon Wildlands save games

Getting Started

• Download the latest version of GHOST Buster

• Launch GHOST Buster.exe
  • Every time you launch it, the program will check the System Registry to see if Ghost Recon Wildlands and Ubisoft Connect are installed
  • When you close it, a file containing the program's settings will be created (or updated if it already exists) inside %LOCALAPPDATA%\GHOSTbackup
• Click the Browse... button under "Folders -> Wildlands save games folder" to select Wildlands save games folder
  • Refer to the PC Gaming Wiki if you don't know where save games are located
• Click the Browse... button under "Folders -> Backup location" to select where Wildlands save games will be backed up to
  • Each backup will be stored inside a yyyyMMdd HHmm sub-folder
• Specify the backup frequency and click the Start Backup button. To interrupt the process, click Stop Backup
  • You can specify a value between 1 and 180

Restoring a Backup

WARNING

Disable cloud synchronization before restoring a backup, otherwise Ubisoft Connect will redownload the old save games rendering the restore process useless. Also note that restoring a backup will OVERWRITE your old save games and it CANNOT BE UNDONE.

From Tasks screen

• Close the game
• Choose which backup you want to restore
  • Latest
  • Second-to-last
    • If it doesn't exist, you'll be prompted to restore the latest backup instead
• Click the Restore Backup button

From Manage Backups screen

• Close the game
• Right click on the backup you want to restore
• Click Restore

Settings

• Interface language
  • Default: English
• Confirm exit when backup is running
  • Enabled by default
  • The program will show a confirmation dialog before quitting if the backup process is running
• Confirm backup interruption
  • Disabled by default
  • The program will show a confirmation dialog before interrupting the backup process
• Display notifications about backups
  • Disabled by default
  • The program will display a toast notification every time a backup is performed
• Disable Ubisoft Connect cloud save synchronization on restore
  • Disabled by default
  • The program will disable Ubisoft Connect cloud save synchronization before restoring a backup
  • Keep in mind that the Ubisoft Connect settings file may change at any time so this setting may not be reliable
• Enable Ubisoft Connect cloud save synchronization on exit
  • Enabled by default
  • Works only if the previous setting is enabled
  • The program will re-enable Ubisoft Connect cloud save synchronization before quitting
• Check for updates on startup
  • Disabled by default
  • The program will connect to GitHub servers to check if the current version is up to date
• Remember window position
  • Disabled by default
  • The program will remember the window position the last time GHOST Buster was used
• I'm not using the Ubisoft Connect version of Wildlands
  • Disabled by default
  • You can specify a different location for the Wildlands executable
• Write events to a log file
  • Disabled by default
  • The program will log all events (such as Errors and Warnings) to a file
  • The default log file location is %LOCALAPPDATA%\GHOSTbackup\event.log

All settings are stored inside %LOCALAPPDATA%\GHOSTbackup\ghostbackup.cfg.

Screenshots

Source Code

The complete GHOST Buster source code is available on GitHub.

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