Manual Extraction - Using 7zip
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  1. Close Payroll.
  2. Open file explorer and locate the zipped folder backup that needs to restore.
  3. Right-click on the zipped folder, select 7zip.
  4. Select Extract to, for example Extract To "ADMINP(20250404_1158_31032025_20261)"  field, type in C:\Payroll\Company Short Name
    • Remove the P, the brackets and the date at the end of the company short name.
    • Company Short Name is the eight-digit folder name. Make sure the entered name matches the original backup file name.
  5. Select OK.
  6. Open your Sage Pastel Payroll program.
  7. Add a company.
  8. Go to File then Open.
  9. Select your company and press OK.
  10. Your company will now open.
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