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This option is only available for file-level backups.
This option is not available for the backups that use Acronis Cloud as a backup destination.
You can specify security settings for backed up files:
 Preserve file security settings in backups - selecting this option will preserve all the security
properties (permissions assigned to groups or users) of the backup files for further recovery.
By default, files and folders are saved in the backup with their original Windows security settings
(i.e. permissions for read, write, execute and so on for each user or user group, set in file
Properties -> Security). If you recover a secured file/folder on a computer without the user
specified in the permissions, you may not be able to read or modify this file.
To eliminate this kind of problem, you can disable preserving file security settings in backups.
Then the recovered files/folders will always inherit the permissions from the folder to which they
are recovered (parent folder or disk, if recovered to the root).
Or, you can disable file security settings during recovery, even if they are available in the backup.
The result will be the same.
 In backups, store encrypted files in a decrypted state (the preset is disabled) - check the option
if there are encrypted files in the backup and you want them to be accessed by any user after
recovery. Otherwise, only the user who encrypted the files/folders will be able to read them.
Decryption may also be useful if you are going to recover encrypted files on another computer.
If you do not use the encryption feature available in Windows XP and later operating systems,
simply ignore this option. (Files/folders encryption is set in Properties -> General -> Advanced
Attributes -> Encrypt contents to secure data).
4.5.14 Computer shutdown
Location: Options > Advanced > Computer shutdown
You can configure the following options:
 Stop all current operations when I shut down the computer
When you turn off your computer while Acronis True Image 2021 is performing a long operation,
for example a disk backup to the cloud, this operation prevents the computer from shutdown.
When this check box is selected, Acronis True Image 2021 automatically stops all its current
operations before shutdown. This may take about two minutes. The next time you run Acronis
True Image 2021, it will restart the stopped backups.
 Shut down the computer after the backup is complete
If you know that the backup process you are configuring may take a long time, you may select
the Shut down the computer after the backup is complete check box. In this case, you will not
have to wait until the operation completion. The program will perform the backup and turn off
your computer automatically.
This option is also useful when you schedule your backups. For example, you may want to
perform backups every weekday in the evening to save all your work. Schedule the backup and
select the check box. After that you may leave your computer when you finish your work
knowing that the critical data will be backed up and the computer will be turned off.
4.5.15 Online backup protection
Location: Options > Advanced > Backup protection