Add a shortcut to easily create a new restore point

Dec 28, 2015 06:43 GMT  ·  By
The desktop shortcut allows you to create a restore point instantly
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   The desktop shortcut allows you to create a restore point instantly

Restore points definitely come in handy to hardcore Windows users who like to live on the edge and install all kinds of unreleased applications that might lead to bugs in their systems, so having a very easy way to manage backups is quite vital.

Fortunately, there’s a very simple way to create a new restore point on your Windows 10 PC, and it all takes just a single double-click (the very same trick works on Windows 7 and 8.1 too, but it’s more helpful on Windows 10, especially in the case of insiders who run pre-release versions of the operating system).

Basically, what you have to do is create a new desktop shortcut that starts the restore point creation process instantly, so you won’t have to go to your system settings every time.

How to create the shortcut

Creating a new shortcut is no rocket science, so just right-click the desktop, select “New,” and hit the “Shortcut” option.

In the “Create Shortcut” window opening on your screen, enter the following command:

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cmd.exe /k "Wmic.exe /Namespace:\\root\default Path SystemRestore Call CreateRestorePoint "%DATE%", 100, 7"
Hit “Next,” enter any name you want for the new shortcut, choose an icon, and that’s it.

Before anything, it’s important to know that you must run the shortcut with administrator privileges, so you can right-click it and select “Run as administrator.” Additionally, you can configure it to always launch as admin by right-clicking the shortcut, hitting “Properties” while in the “Advanced Properties” window you have enable the option that reads “Run as Administrator.”

Every time you launch the shortcut, it takes up to a few minutes depending on the size of your C: drive.

Once the process comes to an end, you should see a message window that looks like the one below. You can ignore the geeky language displayed in the window, but if it says “Method execution successful,” you are good to go. You can repeat the process as often as you want.

This is what a successful restore point creation should look like
This is what a successful restore point creation should look like

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The desktop shortcut allows you to create a restore point instantly
This is what a successful restore point creation should look like
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