diff --git a/plugins/backups/api/routes.py b/plugins/backups/api/routes.py
index 9bed80c6..86ac20ba 100644
--- a/plugins/backups/api/routes.py
+++ b/plugins/backups/api/routes.py
@@ -179,7 +179,11 @@ def asset_info(assetid):
         # The card names the PC a snapshot came from, and chains its diff on the
         # same value. Passed from the column rather than read out of the stored
         # manifest, which carries its own copy that can disagree.
-        sourcehostname=revision.sourcehostname)
+        sourcehostname=revision.sourcehostname,
+        # Where the snapshot actually is. Read off the revision rather than
+        # composed from the configured share root, so a snapshot written before
+        # the layout changed still points at where it was really put.
+        sharepath=revision.sharepath)
     data['backuprevisionid'] = revision.backuprevisionid
     data['collectedat'] = _utciso(revision.collectedat)
     return success_response(data)
diff --git a/plugins/backups/frontend/routes.js b/plugins/backups/frontend/routes.js
index db2870be..ee75326d 100644
--- a/plugins/backups/frontend/routes.js
+++ b/plugins/backups/frontend/routes.js
@@ -12,6 +12,17 @@
  * JWT + a backups.* permission; an anonymous visit would only render errors.
  */
 export default [
+  {
+    // The plugin's five settings had no page at all until this one: the core
+    // settings catalog is a hardcoded list that a plugin cannot extend, so
+    // backups_shareroot and friends were reachable only through the API or a
+    // shell on the server. Paired with get_settings_cards in plugin.py, which
+    // puts the card in the rail - both vanish when the plugin is disabled.
+    path: 'settings/backups',
+    name: 'backups-settings',
+    component: () => import('./views/BackupsSettings.vue'),
+    meta: { requiresAuth: true, requiresAdmin: true, plugin: 'backups' }
+  },
   {
     path: 'backups/asset/:assetid',
     name: 'backups-asset-history',
diff --git a/plugins/backups/frontend/views/BackupHistory.vue b/plugins/backups/frontend/views/BackupHistory.vue
index 6ab4fec3..803c8571 100644
--- a/plugins/backups/frontend/views/BackupHistory.vue
+++ b/plugins/backups/frontend/views/BackupHistory.vue
@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@
                  UNC path so the tech can open it directly. -->
             <template v-if="rev.storagebackend === 'share'">
               <code class="bh-path" :title="rev.sharepath">{{ rev.sharepath }}</code>
+              <!--
+                A copy button rather than a file:// link. Browsers block
+                navigation from an https page to file://, so a link would look
+                clickable and silently do nothing - worse than no link. Copy,
+                then paste into Explorer's address bar.
+              -->
+              <button type="button" class="bh-copy" @click="copyPath(rev.sharepath)"
+                      :title="'Copy path for Explorer'">
+                {{ copiedPath === rev.sharepath ? 'Copied' : 'Copy path' }}
+              </button>
             </template>
             <template v-else>
               <button v-for="fmt in rev.formats" :key="fmt.id"
@@ -115,6 +125,29 @@ import { useRoute, useRouter } from 'vue-router'
 import api, { settingsApi } from '@/api'
 import { formatInZone, DEFAULT_TZ } from '@/utils/datetime'
 
+const copiedPath = ref('')
+
+async function copyPath(path) {
+  if (!path) { return }
+  try {
+    await navigator.clipboard.writeText(path)
+    copiedPath.value = path
+    setTimeout(() => { copiedPath.value = '' }, 2000)
+  } catch (err) {
+    // Clipboard needs a secure context and a user gesture. Both hold here, but
+    // an older browser or a http:// instance will refuse - select the text so
+    // the tech can copy it by hand instead of getting nothing.
+    const node = document.querySelector('.bh-path')
+    if (node && window.getSelection) {
+      const range = document.createRange()
+      range.selectNodeContents(node)
+      const selection = window.getSelection()
+      selection.removeAllRanges()
+      selection.addRange(range)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 const route = useRoute()
 const router = useRouter()
 const assetid = route.params.assetid
@@ -274,6 +307,16 @@ onMounted(async () => {
   font-size: 0.82rem;
 }
 .bh-path { word-break: break-all; color: var(--text-light); }
+/* Deliberately quiet: the path is the content, this is just the way to get it
+   into Explorer. Sits inline after the path rather than in the actions column,
+   which belongs to the revision itself. */
+.bh-copy {
+  font-size: 0.72rem; margin-left: 0.4rem; padding: 0.12rem 0.4rem;
+  border: 1px solid var(--border); background: transparent;
+  color: var(--text-light); border-radius: 3px; cursor: pointer;
+  white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: middle;
+}
+.bh-copy:hover { border-color: var(--primary); color: var(--primary); }
 .bh-actions-col { width: 22rem; }
 
 .bh-btn {
diff --git a/plugins/backups/frontend/views/BackupsSettings.vue b/plugins/backups/frontend/views/BackupsSettings.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c0803d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/backups/frontend/views/BackupsSettings.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+<template>
+  <div>
+    <div class="page-header">
+      <h2>Backups</h2>
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="section-card">
+      <div class="setting-group">
+        <h3>Collection</h3>
+        <p class="setting-description">
+          How often a PC attempts to capture the config it backs up. GE-Enforce runs every
+          cycle, so this is what stops a bay collecting several times a day. A capture that
+          finds nothing changed writes no revision - it only records that the check happened.
+        </p>
+
+        <div class="setting-row">
+          <label>
+            <span>Interval (hours)</span>
+            <input type="number" min="1" v-model="values.backups_intervalhours"
+                   @blur="save('backups_intervalhours')" :disabled="saving">
+            <small class="input-hint">Default 24. Read by the fleet from /api/settings/public.</small>
+          </label>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="setting-row">
+          <label>
+            <span>Share root (UNC)</span>
+            <input type="text" v-model="values.backups_shareroot"
+                   placeholder="\\fileserver\shopfloor\backup"
+                   @blur="save('backups_shareroot')" :disabled="saving">
+            <small class="input-hint">
+              Where opaque backups (part-marker snapshots) are written by the collecting PC.
+              Blank until the site sets it - no default is right at more than one site.
+              Advisory: each revision records the path it was actually written to.
+            </small>
+          </label>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="section-card">
+      <div class="setting-group">
+        <h3>Health</h3>
+        <p class="setting-description">
+          A backup is judged on when it was last CONFIRMED, not when it last changed. An
+          unchanged config writes no revision, so a machine stable for months is healthy -
+          the one to worry about is the machine whose backup stopped running.
+        </p>
+
+        <div class="setting-row">
+          <label>
+            <span>Stale after (days)</span>
+            <input type="number" min="0" v-model="values.backups_staledays"
+                   @blur="save('backups_staledays')" :disabled="saving">
+            <small class="input-hint">
+              Default 3. Drives the fleet Backup badge and the dashboard card. 0 disables both.
+            </small>
+          </label>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="section-card">
+      <div class="setting-group">
+        <h3>Retention</h3>
+        <p class="setting-description">
+          Both off by default, and dedup already keeps growth low - a revision appears only
+          when a config really changed. Retention exists for a value that flaps. The newest
+          and oldest revision of a chain are never pruned.
+        </p>
+        <p class="setting-description">
+          <strong>Note:</strong> pruning removes database revisions only. Files written to the
+          share are not deleted, so enabling this on a share-backed kind leaves snapshot
+          directories with no revision pointing at them.
+        </p>
+
+        <div class="setting-row">
+          <label>
+            <span>Keep at most (revisions per chain)</span>
+            <input type="number" min="0" v-model="values.backups_retentioncount"
+                   @blur="save('backups_retentioncount')" :disabled="saving">
+            <small class="input-hint">0 = keep everything.</small>
+          </label>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="setting-row">
+          <label>
+            <span>Also drop older than (days)</span>
+            <input type="number" min="0" v-model="values.backups_retentiondays"
+                   @blur="save('backups_retentiondays')" :disabled="saving">
+            <small class="input-hint">0 = no age limit.</small>
+          </label>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <div v-if="error" class="error-message">{{ error }}</div>
+    <div v-if="success" class="settings-success">{{ success }}</div>
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<script setup>
+// The backups plugin ships five settings and, until now, no page for any of
+// them - they were reachable only through the API or a flask shell on the
+// server. The core settings catalog is hardcoded and cannot be extended by a
+// plugin, so this page is contributed the ADR-010 way: a settings card from
+// get_settings_cards plus a route here, both of which disappear when the
+// plugin is disabled.
+import { ref, reactive, onMounted } from 'vue'
+import { settingsApi } from '@/api'
+import { apiError } from '@/utils/apiError'
+
+const KEYS = [
+  'backups_intervalhours',
+  'backups_shareroot',
+  'backups_staledays',
+  'backups_retentioncount',
+  'backups_retentiondays',
+]
+
+const values = reactive({})
+const saving = ref(false)
+const error = ref('')
+const success = ref('')
+
+async function load() {
+  try {
+    const response = await settingsApi.list()
+    const rows = response.data?.data || response.data || []
+    // The list endpoint returns every setting; pick out ours rather than
+    // fetching five times.
+    for (const key of KEYS) {
+      const row = rows.find(item => item.key === key)
+      values[key] = row ? row.value : ''
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    error.value = apiError(err, 'Could not load backup settings')
+  }
+}
+
+async function save(key) {
+  saving.value = true
+  error.value = ''
+  success.value = ''
+  try {
+    await settingsApi.update(key, values[key])
+    success.value = 'Saved'
+    setTimeout(() => { success.value = '' }, 2000)
+  } catch (err) {
+    error.value = apiError(err, `Could not save ${key}`)
+  } finally {
+    saving.value = false
+  }
+}
+
+onMounted(load)
+</script>
diff --git a/plugins/backups/plugin.py b/plugins/backups/plugin.py
index 250f6b64..b2e59cc4 100644
--- a/plugins/backups/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/backups/plugin.py
@@ -133,6 +133,31 @@ class BackupsPlugin(BasePlugin):
             panels.append(panel)
         return panels
 
+    def get_settings_cards(self) -> List[Dict]:
+        """ADR-010: contribute the Backups settings card.
+
+        The core settings catalog (settingsNav.js) is a hardcoded list a plugin
+        cannot extend, so this plugin shipped five settings and no page for any
+        of them - backups_shareroot and the collection interval were reachable
+        only through the API or a shell on the server, which is not a
+        configurable setting in any useful sense.
+
+        Filed under Machines because that is where the assets these back up
+        live, and it puts the card next to Machine Types rather than in a
+        platform group nobody visits.
+        """
+        return [
+            {
+                'group': 'Machines',
+                'to': '/settings/backups',
+                'icon': 'package',
+                'title': 'Backups',
+                'description': 'Collection interval, share root for part-marker '
+                               'snapshots, staleness threshold and revision retention',
+                'position': 21,
+            },
+        ]
+
     def get_settings_defaults(self) -> List[Dict]:
         """Schedule + retention, read by the collector and the prune job.
 
diff --git a/plugins/backups/services/partmarkerinfo.py b/plugins/backups/services/partmarkerinfo.py
index 784da1f5..45b9937d 100644
--- a/plugins/backups/services/partmarkerinfo.py
+++ b/plugins/backups/services/partmarkerinfo.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def _summarise(files):
 
 
 def build(projection, assetid, revisionid=None, sourcehostname=None,
-          **options):
+          sharepath=None, **options):
     """Build the card from a stored partmarker manifest.
 
     Returns the keyvalue shape. An older revision predating manifests has no
@@ -128,6 +128,14 @@ def build(projection, assetid, revisionid=None, sourcehostname=None,
     if systems:
         fields.append({'label': 'Authored for', 'value': ', '.join(systems)})
 
+    # The snapshot's own location, in full, as plain text. NOT a link: browsers
+    # refuse to navigate from an https page to file://, so a clickable path
+    # would look actionable and silently do nothing, which is worse than no
+    # link at all. The history page pairs the same string with a copy button;
+    # here it is what a tech reads or selects before pasting it into Explorer.
+    if sharepath:
+        fields.append({'label': 'Snapshot', 'value': sharepath, 'mono': True})
+
     # From the revision's own column where the caller passes it: the manifest
     # carries its own copy, and the two can disagree. The column is what the
     # collector recorded and what the diff above is chained on, so naming a
diff --git a/plugins/backups/services/registry.py b/plugins/backups/services/registry.py
index 3080a39b..1766b985 100644
--- a/plugins/backups/services/registry.py
+++ b/plugins/backups/services/registry.py
@@ -332,7 +332,8 @@ class PartMarkerKind(BackupKind):
         return partmarkerinfo.build(
             projection, assetid,
             revisionid=options.get('revisionid'),
-            sourcehostname=options.get('sourcehostname'))
+            sourcehostname=options.get('sourcehostname'),
+            sharepath=options.get('sharepath'))
 
     def resolveassetid(self, payload):
         from shopdb.api import db, Asset
diff --git a/tests/test_plugins/test_backups.py b/tests/test_plugins/test_backups.py
index ff5f9155..afc38b55 100644
--- a/tests/test_plugins/test_backups.py
+++ b/tests/test_plugins/test_backups.py
@@ -1381,3 +1381,38 @@ def test_buildinfo_kwargs_do_not_disturb_the_live_ntlars_card(bk_app, bk_plugin)
             partmarkertypes=None, revisionid=revision.backuprevisionid,
             sourcehostname=revision.sourcehostname)
         assert 'sectioncount' in card
+
+
+def test_the_card_shows_the_snapshot_path_it_was_actually_written_to(bk_app, bk_plugin):
+    """Plain text, and from the REVISION - not composed from the setting.
+
+    A snapshot written before the share layout changed still lives where it was
+    put, so the stored path is the only honest answer. It is not a link: a
+    browser refuses to navigate from https to file://, so a clickable path
+    would look actionable and do nothing.
+    """
+    from plugins.backups.services import partmarkerinfo
+    from plugins.backups.models import BackupRevision
+
+    with bk_app.app_context():
+        result = bk_plugin.apply_collector_payload({
+            'machinenumber': '3204', 'backupkind': 'partmarker',
+            'contenthash': 'c3' * 32,
+            'sharepath': r'\\host\share\partmarker\3204\20260825-144500',
+            'sourcehostname': 'FBYTNCX3',
+            'manifest': _markermanifest(['A.PAT'])})
+        _db.session.commit()
+        revision = _db.session.get(BackupRevision, result['backuprevisionid'])
+
+        card = partmarkerinfo.build(revision.payload, revision.assetid,
+                                    revisionid=revision.backuprevisionid,
+                                    sharepath=revision.sharepath)
+        snapshot = [f for f in card['fields'] if f['label'] == 'Snapshot']
+        assert snapshot and snapshot[0]['value'] == revision.sharepath
+        assert snapshot[0]['mono'] is True
+
+
+def test_the_card_omits_the_snapshot_row_when_no_path_is_passed(bk_app, bk_plugin):
+    from plugins.backups.services import partmarkerinfo
+    card = partmarkerinfo.build(_markermanifest(['A.PAT']), 1)
+    assert 'Snapshot' not in [f['label'] for f in card['fields']]