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View Poll Results: Are you using WBFS Manager (or plan to for 64 bit users)?
No 21 7.69%
Yes, on Windows Vista 32 bit 60 21.98%
Yes, on Windows Vista 64 bit (working) 36 13.19%
Yes, on Windows Vista 64 bit (not working) 31 11.36%
Yes, on Windows 7 32 bit 9 3.30%
Yes, on Windows 7 64 bit (working) 8 2.93%
Yes, on Windows 7 64 bit (not working) 8 2.93%
Yes, on Windows XP 32 bit 113 41.39%
Yes, on Windows XP 64 bit (working) 2 0.73%
Yes, on Windows XP 64 bit (not working) 3 1.10%
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Default WBFS Manager 2.0

UPDATE:
WBFS Manager 2.2 released with a few additions and changes. Available here: WBFS Manager 2.2
UPDATE:
Just added WBFS Manager 2.1 which now has two versions, one (WBFS Manager 2.1-x86.zip) for 32 bit users and one (WBFS Manager 2.1-x64.zip) for 64 bit users. The 64 bit version has been recompiled for native 64 bit support and is without loss of features. The feature set for v2.1 is the same as 2.0.
Please note, you have to uninstall WBFS Manager 2.0 prior to installing 2.1. The installer will inform you that you have a previous version and need to remove it first.

Fixes:
-Fixed the 64 bit issues
-Fixed an issue with Windows XP formatting
-Fixed rename dialog default option

Wii Backup File System Manger 2.0 (WBFS Manager 2.0)
Written by AlexDP

Fixes:
-No black screen while adding or extracting. Application remains responsive and reports progress.
-Fixed issue with size information being covered by scroll bars.
-A few other minor fixes.

Changes:
-Added rename functionality (thanks to Sorg).
-Application now directly uses libwbfs, rather than using wbfs_win.exe.
-Added icons for better usability.
-Added list sorting functionality (right click on each list for the different sort options.
-Added blocks used to status bar.
-Added visual indicators to "Games to add" list. Check mark if the iso was copied successfully, red error symbol if the copying the iso failed.
-Changed "size" label to "estimated size" in the "Games to add" list. Added iso size information. Reported estimated sizes are still estimates and may be significantly different from actual size on WBFS drive. Sizes on the "Games on WBFS drive" list are accurate.
-Added first time welcome screen with basic instructions.
-Added "Refresh Drive List" button in case a USB drive was not plugged in when the program started. Clicking Refresh Drive List should show USB drives that were plugged in after WBFS Manager started.
-Added support for dropping a folder instead of one or more iso files. All iso files in the dropped folder and its subdirectories will automatically be added.
-Added progress bars and an activity indicator to indicate the program is running and has not crashed to Windows XP users.

Note: There is no shared code with the other wbfs_win GUI apps that have been released.
The wbfs_win.exe from the wbfs_win_delta release is also no longer being used by this application. It now uses a cleaner, less hacky way of using the libwbfs source code for direct manipulation.

Note 2: Although I've tested this a good deal it's only the first release and it may have some bugs. If you notice any let me know. For the most part everything should be ok as the actual work with the ISOs and WBFS drive are done in libwbfs. Of course, pulling your USB cable out while copying files isn't going to help.

Requirements:
-.NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (the installer will prompt you to automatically download and install it if you don't already have it.

Supported Operating Systems:
-Windows Vista (tested thoroughly. May need to "Run as Administrator" depending on user's settings and UAC settings).
-Windows 7 (tested and working. May need to "Run as Administrator" depending on user's settings and UAC settings).
-Windows XP (tested by a few other users, should work fine.)

What it does:
This application basically provides a GUI for the command line-based wbfs-win, used for accessing legal Wii Backups stored on disk drives that have been formatted to the WBFS file system.
It provides all the basic functionality that comes with wbfs-win, including formatting to wbfs, adding backups, getting a listing of backups already on the drive, extracting ISOs from the WBFS drive, etc.

Features:
-Listing of games with titles, sizes and codes.
-Drag-and-drop support for adding multiple files at once to the WBFS drive.
-Easy to use interface which also reports available, total and used disk space at a glance.
-Batch processing of multiple ISOs.
-Rename discs on the WBFS drive.

Instructions:
-Install using setup.
-Plug in the hard drive or USB stick.
-Run the application.
-Choose the correct drive letter.
-Click Load. (If you haven't already formatted the disk to WBFS, you can do that by clicking Format).
-You should now see any backups on the drive on the left hand side.
-You can drag and drop ISO files from Windows Explorer onto the right hand side or you can click the browse button.
-Click the Add to Drive button to copy them over to the WBFS drive.
-Enjoy!

Completed Future Plans:
-Using libwbfs directly to achieve greater flexiblity.
-Use a separate worker thread to improve responsiveness when doing IO operations.

Remaining Future Plans:
-ISO library
-Additional info from ISO (Game image shown in Disc Channel,...)
-UnRar functionality to automatically UnRar files and add the iso to the WBFS drive.

DISCLAIMER (Borrowed from Waninkoko, hopefully he won't mind )
THIS APPLICATION COMES WITH NO WARRANTY AT ALL, NEITHER EXPRESS NOR IMPLIED.
I DO NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DAMAGE IN YOUR WII CONSOLE
BECAUSE OF A IMPROPER USAGE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

Thanks to Kwiirk for the wbfs tool, Sorg for the rename disc functionality, Waninkoko for a good deal of things and Team Twiizers.
Hopefully I've given everyone thier due credit. If you feel you deserve credit for a portion of the code used in this application please let me know.

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Attached Files
File Type: zip WBFSManager2.zip (1,008.8 KB, 11362 views)
File Type: zip WBFSManager2.1-x86.zip (2.78 MB, 19273 views)
File Type: zip WBFSManager2.1-x64.zip (2.33 MB, 4255 views)

Last edited by AlexDP; 04-12-2009 at 12:08 AM.
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Nice, are all the games arranged alphabetically or do we need to add them in an order we like?
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Awesome! Any way to copy from one WBFS drive to another? Cloning capabilities perhaps.
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You can choose the ordering in the list by right clicking on the list and choosing an option from under Sort.
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Awesome! Any way to copy from one WBFS drive to another? Cloning capabilities perhaps.
Not yet unfortunately, I'm planning on putting that into the next release. Wanted to get this one out the door before starting on that and UnRARing.
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batch extract to ISO would be a nice option to go with next release, other then that, thanx for the tool
would also like a copy from one wbfs drive to another but i see your working on that. That would make it perfect !!!!
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Thirded on the Copying between drives.

Also, a bug, if you Sort by Name, and then Sort by Location on Drive, it will leave both checked. More of a gui issue than anything else.

Also, is it possible to resort the drive list by name on the drive, rather than just in the program, or does the USB loader do this for us?
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Thirded on the Copying between drives.

Also, a bug, if you Sort by Name, and then Sort by Location on Drive, it will leave both checked. More of a gui issue than anything else.

Also, is it possible to resort the drive list by name on the drive, rather than just in the program, or does the USB loader do this for us?
Thanks for the feedback and bug reproduction info. I'll look into that ASAP. Unfortunately it doesn't sort the data on the WBFS drive, however the order that you see in the Game to Add list will be the order that the games are added to the WBFS drive. It is likely possible to change the order of games on the WBFS drive by messing with the file table, but that's a messy job and not a great idea. However, I believe Sorg's modified USB Loader 1.1s does indeed sort the games when it shows the list.
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Thanks for the new version, looking quite nice.
Unfortunately it keeps crashing on me, where 1.0 and Impaler work fine, wbfstool v17 is too buggy to use on my vista with .net 3.5 SP1)
I am using a Corsair 16Gb Flash Drive plugged directly to a main back usb port. It crashes whenever I try to load the drive with a "WBFS Manager has stopped working".
It has the same behaviour either running with or without admin priveliges, and is intalled on the main system drive.

If you need more info or specific tests to help debugging let me know. I may try to copy everything off and try formatting tomorrow.
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Exclamation I can't use it


V2 doen't work under Win7 64 bit edition
If i load a device or click file->exit, the program must be closed...
But Refresh Drive List and abput is useable ^^
I don't have problems with V1, online V2 doen't work
I hope you find the bug


I'm a great fan from v1 and i think v2 is very good if it's work correct...

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