Create System Restore Point shortcut in Windows 10  

Brink said:

The tutorial has been updated so the shortcuts can "Pin to Start" and "Pin to taskbar". :)

Dont know if its me but tried several times on the instant version and keeps opening Documents folder instead of creating a restore point

Thanks

tweakradje said:

This will work too Shawn.

Wmic.exe /Namespace:\\root\default Path SystemRestore Call CreateRestorePoint "%DATE%", 100, 7

Cheers

Best to change to run as administrator in properties

reddwarf4ever said:

Dont know if its me but tried several times on the instant version and keeps opening Documents folder instead of creating a restore point

Thanks

Hello Red, :)

Did you do steps 8 and 9?

This is where the shortcut points to for running the .vbs file that performs the action to create a restore point.

Brink said:

Hello Red, :)

Did you do steps 8 and 9?

This is where the shortcut points to for running the .vbs file that performs the action to create a restore point.

I think I see where the confusion arises.....step 8-9 mentionses the zip File...then refers to the folder ( in red )

so so I copied the extracted folder........

was that wrong ?

sorry I have done this before......

maybe a batch file to set it up......just for people like me LOL

You would want to open the downloaded ZIP file, and copy the folder (ex: "Instant Restore Point") from within it to your "Program Files" folder.

Basically, the shortcut is to run the .vbs file in the folder. The shortcut must point to wherever you have the .vbs file saved at.

Hello Peter, :)

There's no need to unless you just wanted to.