Recently, I ran across Britec's video on using the Task Scheduler to create a weekly system restore point. I set it up as directed. After the scheduled time came and went, I looked in the Task Scheduler and noticed that the operation was a success. However, when I went to the System Restore window, the only restore points I could find listed were the ones I created manually. The one that was "successfully created", according to the Task Scheduler, was not listed.
Thinking that I may have missed a setting, I deleted the task and set it up again, with the same result. What am I missing?
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Click 'Start' > Type cmd in the search field > Right-click the command prompt at the top of the list and select 'Run as Administrator'
Inside the command prompt, type sfc /scannow > Press 'Enter'
4. Reboot and test.
Click 'Start' > Type cmd in the search field > Right-click the command prompt at the top of the list and select 'Run as Administrator'
Inside the command prompt, type sfc /scannow > Press 'Enter'
4. Reboot and test.
Compton Sue, first of all, thank you for responding.
I ran the sfc /scannow as you suggested. It told me that there were no problems. I rebooted and tried it again with the same results - no restore point shown that should have been created by the task scheduler.
As another test, I went into the task scheduler again, selected the restore point and, under Actions, ran the task. The status told me that is was running. After a few minutes status told me that it was ready, the Last Run time was the current time I ran it and the Last Run Result showed it completed successfully. However, again going back to the Restore Point window, the successfully completed task was not displayed. It almost seems useless to have task scheduler perform weekly restore point creations if I can't access it should it become necessary to revert back to it.
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Thank you very much for the site. I will give it a try and get back to you with the results.
Britec,
Thank you very much for the info but the setup as mentioned at that site won't work for me. It requires an account password and I don't have one. I don't want to use a password. I have not heard of anyone else having the same difficulty in using the task scheduler (without the account password). My problem may be unique to my machine. So, without further information, I'll just create restore points manually.
Thank you again for your videos and your efforts to help. I've watched and learned from your website for years.
Atreyu
Britec,
I'm amending this post to throw something else into the mix that I just discovered. During this whole process, I never thought to take a look at my wife's computer to see if she was able to see the automatically created restore points displayed. I set up the task scheduler in hers the exact same way I did mine. The only difference in our computers is that I'm running Windows 10 x64 1803 PRO and she's running Windows 10 x64 1803 HOME. Lo and behold, she's able to see the restore points created in the task scheduler. I double checked the settings between hers and mine and they are identical. So the problem appears to be something else in my machine that won't allow the display of automatically created restore points. I'm at a loss. I've googled my particular set of circumstances and nothing pops up as a possible explanation.
I may be forced to reinstall the operating system without knowing if that will solve the problem.
you'll need to configure the shortcut to run with administrator privileges and that's it.
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