Every Elgato app on this PC, and every night of it.
One window, one folder, no account. DeckShot reads where each Elgato app keeps its configuration, copies it on the events that actually destroy it, and reads every copy back before it claims anything. An independent product — not affiliated with Corsair or Elgato.
Four situations, and the same folder answers all of them.
An update ate it
The most common one. The copy from before the update is one click away.
A new PC
Point it at the same folder and put every app back where it was.
You broke it live
Mid-stream, mid-mix. Restore the copy from this morning and keep going.
You just want the old mix
Named backups, not timestamps — “Party chat mix” is findable a month later.
How it works, in four steps.
Detect
Finds the Elgato apps on this PC and reads where each keeps its configurationCopy
Nightly, whenever a config changes, and when an app updates itselfVerify
Reads every copy back section by section, and says so when one didn't parseRestore
Copies what's live, closes the app, writes the files back, reopens itSee what it looks like, on the day you need it.
A backup being taken
The real backup dialog: byte progress against a total, app by app. Every copy is read back afterwards, and a section that didn't parse changes the word on the row.
NIGHTLY 18:00 · 2.87 MB TOTALEverything under the hood, in plain sight.
Wave Link backs itself up now, and that's a good feature.
It is worth using. It is also solving a smaller problem than this one — so use both.
One app, or all of them
Wave Link's backup covers Wave Link. Stream Deck profiles, Camera Hub looks and Control Center scenes are still yours to lose.
Kept somewhere else
Wave Link stores its backups inside its own app folder — fine until the thing that goes wrong is the folder. DeckShot's copies live in a folder you pick: another drive, a NAS.
It keeps a few. This keeps them all
Its automatic backups are a recent window; new ones push the oldest out. DeckShot keeps as far back as you tell it to.
Its backups are in your backup
DeckShot copies Wave Link's own backup files into every snapshot, so losing the app folder doesn't lose either history.
What a backup carries, named and never read.
Copying files is the easy part. DeckShot reads each backup and says what is in it — a saved login, the firmware a device was on, a plug-in a restore would need — and never opens the sensitive values to do it.
How DeckShot differs from copying the folder.
Every option here makes a different bet. This is where each one wins and where each one loses — the last three rows are DeckShot's to lose.
Pay once, or don't pay at all.
Backups for every app, forever. Restore is free for one app you choose.
Pay once. Restoring every app stays available for good, on up to 3 machines.
Questions, answered before you ask.
What happens if I don't buy a licence?+
Restore stays free for the one app you choose. Restoring every other app needs a licence — the list, the inspector, the diff, the settings all stay open regardless.
Why does Windows warn when I install it?+
DeckShot isn't code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen shows an unknown-publisher warning on a fresh install. That doesn't mean the file is unsafe — the download page names the warning and how to check the file yourself. Verify the download →
Does anything leave the PC?+
Nothing about your configs. Backups are plain files in a folder you choose, and they never leave the machine. The network is used for licensing — activating a key, refreshing its signed token, a best-effort note that a restore ran — and for the update check, which runs when DeckShot starts and when you press “Check for updates” in Settings, and sends only the platform you are on and the version you are running. Nothing repeats on a timer.
Is there a macOS version?+
Not yet. DeckShot is Windows only today. A macOS build is planned, and the backup folder format is already the one it will read.
What if an app rejects a restored config?+
DeckShot says it refused and that the app came back on defaults, rather than reporting a success it didn't get. The pre-restore copy is intact and one click away.
What does CORRUPT mean?+
The folder was written, then found unreadable — usually a write interrupted by sleep, or a full disk. It is not restorable, and DeckShot names the likely cause instead of retrying forever.
Can the backup folder live on a NAS?+
Yes. A network share works like any other folder. Deleted backups move to a trash folder inside it rather than the Recycle Bin, which doesn't exist on a share.
Can the backups be encrypted?+
Optionally, contents and file names both. The key is held by Windows for your account; on another PC a passphrase unlocks it. There is no reset.
How much disk does it use?+
Retention is set per app — 30 copies by default, 60 for Wave Link — and older copies roll off. Backup scope is per app too: settings only, plus presets, or plus plugin binaries.
Can I use one licence on more than one PC?+
Yes — one licence covers up to 3 machines at once. Deactivate one from inside the app to free a slot, then activate the licence on another machine.
Does it sit in the background?+
A system tray item with pause and resume, run at login, and hide to tray. After the first run there is no dashboard to check.
Does a restore need admin rights?+
Restore handles UAC elevation where an app needs it, and asks at the moment it needs it rather than on launch.
Is DeckShot made by Elgato?+
No. It is an independent product, not affiliated with Corsair or Elgato.
Stop rebuilding what you already built.
Set it up on a good day. After the first run it is a filing cabinet nobody thinks about, until the day it is the only thing that matters.