I have been having too many surprises on my system since the 1709 upgrade - including File History being broken. Can I get rid of it forever in I simply restore my computer to a date prior to when 1709 was installed?
Running Windows 10 Home 64 bit
How long has it been since you updated?
Obviously if you had a backup from before then you could use that but presumably you don't.
C:\Windows.old is automatically deleted after about a month and it is the directory that is used to roll back to older versions. That means if it is gone and you don't have a backup you are stuck.
You'll be better off trying to fix things than restoring old versions though as old versions stop getting support pretty quick (18 months after release I think).
If you reregister your File History drive it should fix that part of your problem though - lots of people got caught with that (including me).
You say 1709 but there's 2 different editions of Version 1709, the RTM Version 1709 Build 16299.214 and the IP/Test Version 1709 Build 17093. Both may have newer builds but it is critical to know which the user has installed. Press the Windows Key along with R and type winver and press Enter, post the line showing the mentioned numbers.
From now on make frequent disk images with Macrium Reflect, but there`s no way to stop W10 from eventually updating to the new version, the best you can do is postpone it for 1 year if you have the Pro version.
With the Home version I don`t think there`s any way to stop it from updating.
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