System Restore Point Shortcut

**Brink** · **OPTION ONE:**

How to Make a Create System Restore Point Shortcut in Windows 7

Information

This will show you how to create a shortcut to make creating a System Restore Point a lot easier and faster to do in Windows 7.

NOTE

After you have used one or both of the shortcuts to create a restore point, it may take a moment for it to finish creating the restore point before it is available in System Restore.

These restore points contain information about registry settings and other system information that Windows 7 uses. System Restore points do not include the personal user files.

WARNING

For this shortcut to work, you must have System Protection turned on for the C: (Windows 7) drive. If you do not have it on, then you will get the error below when you try to use the shortcut.

RELATED LINKS:

EXAMPLE: Create System Restore Point with description shortcut
NOTE: When you click on the Create System Restore Point shortcut, you will see this window. Just type in a name for the restore point, and click on OK to create the restore point.

OPTION ONE:
To Create the Shortcut

1. For a Create Restore Point with Description Shortcut -
NOTE: See the example above for what you will see when you use this shortcut.
A) Click on the download button below to download the
Restore_Point_Shortcut.zip file.

2. For a Instant Create Restore Point Shortcut -
NOTE: This will instantly create a restore point named Instant Restore Point in System Restore without asking for a description.
A) Click on the download button below to download the
Instant_Restore_Point.zip file.

3. Click on Save and save it to the Desktop (C:\Users\(user name)\Desktop).

4. Right click on the .zip file (on desktop) and click on Open.

5. If prompted, click on Allow in the UAC prompt.

6. Extract all of the ZIP file contents to the desktop.

7. After the files have been extracted, you can delete the .zip file (on desktop) if you like.

8. Right click on the extracted Restore Point Shortcut (step 1) or Instant_Restore_Point (step 2) folder and click on Cut.

NOTE

Just for Your Knowledge :
NOTE: The Restore Point Shortcut folder contains a file named CreateRP.vbs (left screenshot). The Instant_Restore_Point folder contains a file named Instant_Restore_Point.vbs (right screenshot). These VBS files are what actually creates the restore point. See the screenshots below to see what is in these VBS files.

9. Navigate to C:\Program Files in Windows Explorer, then right click on a empty area of the window and click on Paste. (See screenshot below step 10)

10. If prompted by UAC, then click on Yes.

11. You should now see the Restore Point Shortcut (step 1) or Instant_Restore_Point (step 2) folder in the C:\Programs window now. (See screenshot below)

11. You can now leave the Create System Restore Point (left screenshot below) or Instant Restore Point (right screenshot below) shortcut on the desktop or move it to where you like for easy use of it.

OPTION TWO:
To Remove a Shortcut

1. Navigate to C:\Program Files in Windows Explorer, then right click on the Restore Point Shortcut or Instant_Restore_Point folder and click on Delete. (See screenshot below)

2. If prompted by UAC, then click on Yes.

3. Right click on the Create System Restore Point (left screenshot below) or Instant Restore Point (right screenshot below) shortcut and click on Delete.

That's it,
Shawn

**mansrm81** · 11-13-2008

Thanks Shawn keep it up the tutorials are coming in handy.

**Brink** · 11-13-2008

You're welcome Mansrm81.

Will do,

Shawn

**skunksmash** · 11-13-2008

now this is a great shortcut...... well done Shawn!!

this will be the first tweak i make once its back up & running.

SK

**Brink** · 11-13-2008

You're welcome Mitch. Thank you.

**Bare Foot Kid** · 11-14-2008

Hello Brink....

I've now added this shortcut to the Windows, Startup folder so that every time I boot I get a prompt to create a restore point.

Thank you Shawn; all your hard work is appreciated!

Later

Ted

**Brink** · 11-14-2008

You're welcome Ted.

However, System Restore should automatically create a restore point at startup from a task in Task Scheduler for you.

**Bare Foot Kid** · 11-14-2008

Hello Brink!...

These are shots of my SR since the reinstall yesterday. I've done at least a dozen restarts and at least one boot from "off" in that time and SR has not created one restore point.

I have the same problem in Vista!....

..

.....

Later

Ted

natri23 · 12-13-2008

Can we make the system auto create a restore point without asking to the description?

**Brink** · 12-13-2008

Hello Natri,

Since Windows 7 automatically creates restore points on it's own from a task in Task Scheduler, this shortcut was made to help make creating manual restore points easier. The entering of a description is there to allow you to make it easier to know which on to use if you needed to do a System Restore. For example, use a description of "Before a program installation" or "Before a driver installation". Otherwise you would get just a date and time and that's it.

I would recommend to use a description. It only takes a few extra seconds.