Automatically Create System Restore Point on Schedule in Windows 10  

TNX again, I'll give a try

First of all, thank you for such an excellent & detailed explanation of system restore!! I am having some problems that I hope you can answer. Note: I have Windows 10 Pro & have admistrator rights on my user account.1) The biggest problem is that when I try to restore, I get an error message. a) I created a restore point. Then I made a small change to the registry & rebooted. It was[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors]"ActiveBorder"="0 0 255" & I changed it to 0 0 0 b) Then I tried to restore. I got this error message.

c) I have Avira free antivirus, so I disabled the following protections:

d) I tried System Restore again & still got the same error.

Of course, I'm not sure that Avira was causing it, so I changed Avira back.

I read of a fix on easeus.com & tried it, but it failed to help:https://www.easeus.com/backup-recove...cessfully.html

To fix an unspecified error occurred during System Restored 0x80070005 in Windows 10:
1. Type Services.msc in Start Menu Search Box, hit Enter.
2. Make sure that the Volume Shadow Copy & Task Scheduler & Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider Service is Running and set to Automatic. [both Volume Shadow Copy & Microsoft Software Shadow Copy were not running, so I changed those]
3. If the Status of System Restore Service is Not Started, Start it. Also, set it to Automatic if it is not. [Under Services, I do NOT have a System Restore Service]
4. Reboot your PC, re-confirm again, and then check if System Restore failed issue is fixed or not.
I tried the steps above & still have the same problem.

So my first questions are, is there any way to fix this & should there be a system restore service under services.msc?

2) Before finding this tutorial, I read another way to have a daily restore point created. Unfortunately, it didn't work. I went to Win+R > gpeit.msc > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Defender Antivirus > Scan > double click > Create a system restore point > Enable. This was supposed to create a restore point before Windows Defender ran.
Then I went to Task Scheduler > Library > Microsoft > Windows > Windows Defender > and double clicked on the scan > New... > & scheduled a scan at 5:30AM. It supposedly runs & says it completed successfully. The Task Scheduler says that System Restore also completed successfully, but no restore point is made.

Can you tell me what steps I should try? I really appreciate your time & knowledge!

Brink said:

Hello @phrab,
If you haven't already, double check this below to make sure they're set correctly:

• System protection must be turned on for your Windows drive (ex: C: ) for this task to work.
• You must have UAC set to its default setting for this task to work.

If you do, then what happens when you try to create a restore point using Option One below? Same thing?
Create System Restore Point in Windows 10 | Windows 10 Tutorials

Thank you so much for your reply!
I can create system restore points & have a shortcut for that also from one of your other tutorials. System restore is turned on for my C:\ drive. The problem is that the restore doesn't work & the automatic creation doesn't work. By that I mean, I can't create it from the Task Scheduler. MS creates a restore point when there's an update.

I didn't know that UAC had to be at the default. I was able to create restore points manually without having UAC set at it's default. Quite frankly, I had it said to never notify me because of all the messages I get from it. I just turned it on to default.

1. Would the previous setting prevent me from both having restore points created daily using the Task Scheduler & from restoring?
2. Is there a way to do both without having the UAC set at it's default?
Thanks again.

Brink said:

You could test it with UAC set to default to rule it out as a cause.

Thanks again for the quick reply.
I just did. Got the same message. Created a new restore point & tried to restore from it. Same message. In the meantime, I read that Volume Shadow Copy & Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider Service don't need to be running or set to automatic, so I had turned them off.

But that shouldn't affect restore, should it? I'm not sure what to try.

Brink said:

It appears that Avira may still be interfering despite it being disabled.
If you like, you could try testing with Avira completely uninstalled.

I will try uninstalling Avira. (Btw, the link goes to a pdf document & says the removal tool is to remove viruses, not remove Avira.)

Enabling UAC is driving me crazy, as it keeps coming up every time I start an app. I also recall that I made the following changes of disabling UAC through group policy:

Must I have UAC at it's default in order for system restore to work or is there another way?
Thank you again. I appreciate your time very much.