Creating restore points on a schedule?

Involute said:

Is there a way to get Win 10 to create system restore points on a schedule (e.g. once a day)?

This will use a lot of memory over time.

System restore points are not the same as full backups eg using imaging software. They are not that reliable.

I recommend you use Macrium Reflect Free to image backup your pc, and set it to do scheduled differential backups, and thse can be done on a rotating basis ie ie ering old differential backups as new ones are created.

Hello @Involute,

If you like, here are two options below for creating restore points when you like.

Automatically Create System Restore Point on Schedule in Windows 10 | Windows 10 Tutorials

Automatically Create System Restore Point at Startup in Windows 10 | Windows 10 Tutorials

Involute said:

I already use Reflect to create a complete system image every night. If I do something stupid and want to immediately undo it, however, restoring from Reflect seems like it would be more of a pain than restoring from a restore point, even if I switched to incremental.

Incrementals are only in the paid version but with the paid versions Rapid Delta Restore, they absolutely blitz restores unless a lot has changed. Try it if you have the paid version e.g.


make an incremental backup, then make an insignificant registry change and delete a file, and then restore the incremental backup. PC will be restored to previous state in less than two minutes.

It seems overkill to me to use restore points every day anyway - they are really only for when you make significant changes eg add a new program, made registry changes etc. It is not a backup mechanism, and is not fully reversible.

Even if I had the Free version and only differential backups, and no benefit of Rapid Delta Restore, I would trust the MR backup more.

I have turned off restore points altogether now.