finished work for today. should work just fine.

PraiseTheSave/Form1.cs

@@ -101,10 +101,14 @@ public void refreshInfo()
         {
             string backupDir = PraiseTheSave.Properties.Settings.Default.SaveLocation;
             backupFolderLabel.Text = backupDir;
-            backupFolderSizeLabel.Text =
+            if (Directory.Exists(backupDir))
+            {
+                backupFolderSizeLabel.Text =
                 "Size of the backup folder is " +
                 (DirSize(new DirectoryInfo(backupDir)) / 1024.0 / 1024.0).ToString("0.00")
                 + "Mb";
+            }
+
 
             saveAmountInput.Value = PraiseTheSave.Properties.Settings.Default.SaveAmount;
             saveIntervalInput.Value = PraiseTheSave.Properties.Settings.Default.SaveInterval;
@@ -177,6 +181,14 @@ public void doBackup(object sender, EventArgs e)
             string ds3destination = PraiseTheSave.Properties.Settings.Default.SaveLocation + @"\ds3\";
 
 
+            if (!Directory.Exists(PraiseTheSave.Properties.Settings.Default.SaveLocation))
+            {
+                Directory.CreateDirectory(PraiseTheSave.Properties.Settings.Default.SaveLocation);
+            }
+
+
+
+
             string ds1save = PraiseTheSave.Properties.Settings.Default.ds1location;
             if (Directory.Exists(ds1save))
             {

PraiseTheSave/PraiseTheSave.csproj

@@ -12,20 +12,24 @@
     <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.5.2</TargetFrameworkVersion>
     <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
     <AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>true</AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>
-    <PublishUrl>publish\</PublishUrl>
+    <IsWebBootstrapper>true</IsWebBootstrapper>
+    <PublishUrl>C:\Users\dkrei\Desktop\PraiseTheSave\</PublishUrl>
     <Install>true</Install>
-    <InstallFrom>Disk</InstallFrom>
-    <UpdateEnabled>false</UpdateEnabled>
+    <InstallFrom>Web</InstallFrom>
+    <UpdateEnabled>true</UpdateEnabled>
     <UpdateMode>Foreground</UpdateMode>
     <UpdateInterval>7</UpdateInterval>
     <UpdateIntervalUnits>Days</UpdateIntervalUnits>
     <UpdatePeriodically>false</UpdatePeriodically>
     <UpdateRequired>false</UpdateRequired>
     <MapFileExtensions>true</MapFileExtensions>
-    <ApplicationRevision>0</ApplicationRevision>
+    <InstallUrl>https://github.com/lucidlemon/PraiseTheSave/</InstallUrl>
+    <CreateWebPageOnPublish>true</CreateWebPageOnPublish>
+    <WebPage>publish.htm</WebPage>
+    <ApplicationRevision>1</ApplicationRevision>
     <ApplicationVersion>1.0.0.%2a</ApplicationVersion>
-    <IsWebBootstrapper>false</IsWebBootstrapper>
     <UseApplicationTrust>false</UseApplicationTrust>
+    <PublishWizardCompleted>true</PublishWizardCompleted>
     <BootstrapperEnabled>true</BootstrapperEnabled>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
@@ -47,6 +51,22 @@
     <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <ManifestCertificateThumbprint>5C3C8CB2FB7D07BE15A83574C2DB49C482F18B09</ManifestCertificateThumbprint>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <ManifestKeyFile>PraiseTheSave_TemporaryKey.pfx</ManifestKeyFile>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <GenerateManifests>true</GenerateManifests>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <SignManifests>true</SignManifests>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <ApplicationIcon>sunbro_logo.ico</ApplicationIcon>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup />
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="Ionic.Zip, Version=1.9.8.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=6583c7c814667745, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <HintPath>..\packages\DotNetZip.1.9.8\lib\net20\Ionic.Zip.dll</HintPath>
@@ -86,6 +106,7 @@
       <DependentUpon>Resources.resx</DependentUpon>
     </Compile>
     <None Include="packages.config" />
+    <None Include="PraiseTheSave_TemporaryKey.pfx" />
     <None Include="Properties\Settings.settings">
       <Generator>SettingsSingleFileGenerator</Generator>
       <LastGenOutput>Settings.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
@@ -111,6 +132,9 @@
       <Install>false</Install>
     </BootstrapperPackage>
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Content Include="sunbro_logo.ico" />
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.