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  • DiddyDave
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    • Sep 2008
    • 213

    #1

    WBFS Manager for Windows

    Hi All,
    I'm not sure if I was to put this in to the first thread I did or not but i'm sure if the admin think it should they will move it.

    This is a great app and I feel that it is far better than the last few I have put on here.

    Here are some notes on what the tool really does as I feel some people may be thinking what the hell this tool is.

    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.
    As a front-end to wbfs-win, 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 from Windows Explorer.
    -Easy to use interface which also reports available, total and used disk space at a glance.
    -Batch processing of multiple ISOs.

    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 however is being used by this application, mainly because the source code for it was so tightly coupled and unflexible that I though it better to do it this way for now and possibly look into a cleaner, less hacky way of using the source code for that directly, based on how much interest is shown.

    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.

    Note 3: You might notice that the application window will not respond or may turn black when your copying files. This is expected behavior and will hopefully be resolved in the next iteration.

    Here is the download link or feel free to browse the downloads section.
    Digital Kaos - Downloads - WBFS Manager for Windows


    Here is an Update for this app the WFBS Manager 2

    Last edited by DiddyDave; 7 April, 2009, 08:31.
  • Toolbox
    Newbie
    • Apr 2009
    • 1

    #2
    I hope this one works better. I've tried a bunch and none of them seem to work.... might be me though

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    • DiddyDave
      Top Poster +
      • Sep 2008
      • 213

      #3
      Originally posted by Toolbox
      I hope this one works better. I've tried a bunch and none of them seem to work.... might be me though
      I use this one and it has never crashed on me yet compared to the others this seems to be the most stable

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      • Dekker
        Newbie
        • Apr 2009
        • 1

        #4
        yeah

        Looking forward to try this too.... gotta try out my little hdd on wii...

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        • DiddyDave
          Top Poster +
          • Sep 2008
          • 213

          #5
          Originally posted by Dekker
          Looking forward to try this too.... gotta try out my little hdd on wii...
          When you try this if you get an error ending with ret-1 this means that the USB Drive you are usin is not supported I went through 4 USB HD's before finding one that would work.

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          • DiddyDave
            Top Poster +
            • Sep 2008
            • 213

            #6
            Check the top of this thread for an update for this app

            WFBS Manager 2 for windows.

            Digital Kaos - Downloads - WFBS Manager 2

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            • bonsu
              Newbie
              • Apr 2009
              • 1

              #7
              I had a few problems with the last manager. Does this one have the 'Stopped responding' issue aswell?

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              • DiddyDave
                Top Poster +
                • Sep 2008
                • 213

                #8
                Originally posted by bonsu
                I had a few problems with the last manager. Does this one have the 'Stopped responding' issue aswell?
                This only seems to show it self when copying to Memory Keys I'v not had any reports of this happening when using Ext Hard Drives. The new version does give you a report on what is going on now as before it would just be blank until it was transfered now you have a bar to let you know. Give the version 2 a try and see how you get on.

                Enjoy

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                • Rusty Shackelford
                  Newbie
                  • Apr 2009
                  • 1

                  #9
                  Works great so far.

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                  • DiddyDave
                    Top Poster +
                    • Sep 2008
                    • 213

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Rusty Shackelford
                    Works great so far.
                    Just remember that this loader is still work in progress so not every game will work BUT I have yet to find one apart from the music games that need a USB Mic as we have had some problems with it not working correctly.

                    It is some thing to do with the USB Drive not supporting multi USB devices at the moment.

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                    • rickshaw644
                      Newbie
                      • Apr 2009
                      • 1

                      #11
                      Any decent WBFS for MAC?

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                      • DiddyDave
                        Top Poster +
                        • Sep 2008
                        • 213

                        #12
                        Originally posted by rickshaw644
                        Any decent WBFS for MAC?
                        Try this out

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                        • robertchas
                          Newbie
                          • Sep 2008
                          • 1

                          #13
                          I am using version 2.5 there is more info on this over at WBFS Manager - Release: WBFS Manager 2.5

                          chas

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                          • THFC
                            Member
                            • Aug 2008
                            • 52

                            #14
                            Also using wbfs manager 2.5 - very good on Vista 32bit

                            Also if using Vista

                            remember to run the program as administrator

                            (right click the .exe file in installation directory and select run as administrator - don't right click the shortcut icon)

                            Also if your drive is not recognised try the other usb port on the wii

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                            • zapper
                              Newbie
                              • Sep 2009
                              • 1

                              #15
                              Originally posted by THFC
                              Also using wbfs manager 2.5 - very good on Vista 32bit

                              Also if using Vista

                              remember to run the program as administrator

                              (right click the .exe file in installation directory and select run as administrator - don't right click the shortcut icon)

                              Also if your drive is not recognised try the other usb port on the wii
                              mainly the right usb port if you look from the back

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