Let me just say that I think it is a mistake for Microsoft to not push the use of System Restore more, the fact that it used to be on by default helped me help a lot of people.
I have had friends...

Good question, I am also trying to not so much fix my current system restore as much as trying to figure out what is really going on here.

1. If I rename delete the WindowsApps directory will that...

I have never seen folders that a system administrator can not see in to before, but that seems totally messed up to me.
I can create a restore point fine, but when I try to restore to that point it...

Hello, I am having this same issue.
Recently it seemed like my PC was running some game worse than it had been a week ago and I thought maybe something had changed or I had a virus, but virus scans...