A tour of Settings and themes in Burn by Zaweba
Settings in Burn by Zaweba holds the theme, the check after burning, the finish sound, Advanced mode and Explorer commands, and shows where your data lives.
Settings in Burn by Zaweba is a short page, and that is deliberate. It holds the handful of choices that change how Burn behaves day to day, and it shows you where your own data is kept.
Open it with Ctrl+, or from the menus. Here is what each part does.
Theme
Choose Same as Windows, Dark or Light. Same as Windows follows whatever Windows is set to, so Burn turns dark when the rest of your desktop does. Dark and Light fix the look whatever Windows does, which is useful if you prefer one regardless of the time of day or your other apps. The theme only changes how Burn looks, so pick whichever is easiest on your eyes during a long backup.
Check after burning
If you only ever change one thing in Settings, make sure it isn't this one by accident.
This setting, Check every disc after burning, reads every file back once a disc is burned and compares it with the original. For audio CDs, the track list and each track's sound are checked. It is on by default and recommended. It adds a few minutes to each disc, and in return you find out about a bad burn while you can still do something about it.
For backups, the check also gives the Backup log its pass or fail for each run.
The finish sound and Advanced mode
Play a sound when a job finishes controls the short chime and the tray notification at the end of every job. Leave it on if you like to walk away during long burns; turn it off for a quieter PC. Progress on the taskbar and tray icon carries on either way.
Advanced mode makes new data discs open in a project window, with this PC's files on the left, the disc on the right and every option to hand. The same switch is in the status bar and on the View menu, so Settings is just one of three places to change it.
Explorer right-click commands
Here you can add or remove Burn's commands in Explorer's right-click menu: Back up with Zaweba, Burn with Zaweba, Burn image with Zaweba and Mount with Zaweba. They are for your Windows account only, and turning them off removes exactly Burn's registry keys.
Where your data lives
Settings shows where Burn keeps your settings, your backup sets and the backup log: %APPDATA%\Zaweba\Burn. An Open button takes you straight there.
That folder is worth knowing about. If you are moving to a new PC or making a copy of your own setup, it is the folder that holds your saved backups and their history. Copying it somewhere safe from time to time is a sensible habit for anyone who relies on saved backup sets.
A sensible starting setup
For most people the defaults are right: the theme following Windows, the check after burning on, the finish sound on and Advanced mode off. Turn on the Explorer commands if you often start jobs from File Explorer. Then you can largely forget about Settings, which is how it should be with Burn by Zaweba.
