How to Add a Create Restore Point Context Menu in Windows 10
System protection (if turned on) is a feature that allows you to perform a system restore that takes your PC back to an earlier point in time, called a system restore point. This can be handy if your PC isn't working well and you recently installed an app, driver, or update.
Each restore point contains the necessary information needed to restore the system to the chosen state. Restore points are automatically generated when you install a new app, driver, or Windows update, and generated when you create a restore point manually. Restoring won’t affect your personal files in your %UserProfile% folder, but it will remove apps, drivers, and updates installed after the restore point was created.
See also:
- System Restore | Microsoft Docs
- Monitored File Name Extensions | Microsoft Docs (Files with these extensions are monitored by System Restore.)
- Restoring the System | Microsoft Docs ("To restore a system, System Restore undoes file changes made to monitored files, recapturing the file state at the time of the selected restore point.")
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove a Create Restore Point context menu for all users in Windows 10.
You must be signed in as an administrator to be able to add and use the Create Restore Point context menu.
System protection must be turned on for at least your Windows drive (ex: C: ) for this added "Create Restore Point" context menu to work.
If you have Windows booted in Safe Mode, then you will not be able to create a restore point.
Contents
- Option One: Add or Remove Create Restore Point Context Menu using a REG file
- Option Two: Add or Remove Create a Restore Point without UAC Context Menu using a BAT file
EXAMPLE: "Create Restore Point" context menu
How to use Create Restore Point context menu:
1) Right click or press and hold on your desktop or in an opened folder in File Explorer, and click/tap on the Create Restore Point context menu item.
2) Click/tap on Yes when prompted by UAC.
3) You will now see a command prompt open to create a "Manual" system restore point, and automatically close when finished.
1 Do step 2 (add) or step 3 (remove) below for what you would like to do.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Add_Create_Restore_Point_to_context_menu.reg
Download
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Remove_Create_Restore_Point_from_context_menu.reg
Download
4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
7 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
This option was provided by our member Matthew.
The download .bat files below will add or remove a "Create a restore point" context menu and create or remove an elevated task with highest privileges, so that no UAC prompt will pop up.
1 Do step 2 (add) or step 3 (remove) below for what you would like to do.
Special thank you to Matthew Wai for providing this .bat file option.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the BAT file below, and go to step 4 below.
Add_[Create-restore-point]without_UAC_to_context_menu.bat
Download
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the BAT file below, and go to step 4 below.
Remove_[Create-restore-point]_without_UAC_from_context_menu.bat
Download
4 Save the .bat file to your desktop.
5 Unblock and run the downloaded .bat file.
6 If prompted by (UAC), click/tap on Yes to approve.
7 If adding, press any key to close the command prompt when it has finished. (see screenshot below)
7 When finished, you can now delete the downloaded .bat file if you like.
That's it,
Shawn
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