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How do I totally reset File History?
I want to totally reset my File History. Before installing Windows 10, I shut off File History. After upgrading from Win 8.1, I decided I wanted to remove a lot of folders which I don't really need to backup up constantly as they rarely change, they are taking up a lot of space, and I do image backups at least monthly. I originally had everything assigned under libraries. I removed them as libraries. Unfortunately I may have made a bad choice and tried to manually remove the history files.
After restarting File History (I did this twice) and using File Explorer to review what is in the File History directory, I now have two major folders: "\my computer name" and "\my computer name (2)". Looking at these folders, the first folder is missing a lot of data subfolders and has no "Configuration" and $OF subfolders.
\my computer name
\Data
\Drv1 (OS)
\Drv2 (Data)
\my computer name (2)
\Configuration
\Data
\$OF
\Drv1 (OS)
\Drv2 (Data)
The second one seems to have everything I wanted to set up. However when I open the File History Restore option to see what I have, only one subfolder in Drv2 appears in the list and I see no way to access the other folders.
It appears that I have totally horked File History. Is there some way to completely reset File History so I can start from scratch?
JohnD