System restore 0x80042302

[Alexk207]

Today, when I wanted to do a system restore on my computer, system restore says that it's not functioning correctly on this system. It also says something about a Volume Shadow Copy Service component encoutered an unexpected error. Now I think I lost all of my restore points since my last system recovery performed this summer. Any suggestions to fix this?

 

[Lance1]

Typing services.msc in the Run command. [Windows key + R] Look for Volume Shadow Copy service and double click on it. choose the startup type as automatic and click OK to apply the changes. Run System Restore.

 

[Alexk207]

Typing services.msc in the Run command. [Windows key + R] Look for Volume Shadow Copy service and double click on it. choose the startup type as automatic and click OK to apply the changes. Run System Restore.

I don't see Volume Shadow Copy Service on the list.

 

[Lance1]

Give this a try Reinstall or Fix Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)

 

[Alexk207]

Give this a try Reinstall or Fix Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)

What do I need to do to fix Volume Shadow Copy Service?

 

[Lance1]

Give this a try Reinstall or Fix Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)

What do I need to do to fix Volume Shadow Copy Service?

Courtesy of Windows Admin Guru


Create a batch file with the following content: Create a Notepad on your desktop and copy and past the below content. Save it as VSS.bat

cd /d %windir%\system32

Net stop vss

Net stop swprv

regsvr32 ole32.dll

regsvr32 oleaut32.dll

regsvr32 vss_ps.dll

vssvc /register

regsvr32 /i swprv.dll

regsvr32 /i eventcls.dll

regsvr32 es.dll

regsvr32 stdprov.dll

regsvr32 vssui.dll

regsvr32 msxml.dll

regsvr32 msxml3.dll

regsvr32 msxml4.dll

Double click the batch file to run it. If you get one or both of the following errors:

dllregisterserver in swprv.dll failed:
regsvr32 /i swprv.dll returns the error "DLLInstall in swprv.dll
failed. Return Code was: 0x8000ffff"

dllregisterserver in es.dll failed

Followed by the recorded events in the event log with the event ID 12289:

Then there are three events in the event log all event ID 12289 source: VSS


Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error RegOpenKeyExW(-2147483646,SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SvcHost,...). hr = 0x80070005.

And

Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error CComModule::RegisterServer(TRUE). hr = 0x80020009.

And

Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error RegOpenKeyExW(-2147483646,SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SvcHost,...). hr = 0x80070005.

Or when opening the Properties of the hard disk drive and opening the Shadow Copies tab you see the error:
Initialization failed

Error 0x8004230f: the shadow copy provider had an unexpected error while tring to process the specified operation

Or the Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider Service is not installed or had been uninstalled or is missing in the services list

Solution:

Run the following three Microsoft Hotfixes in this specific order, and reboot after EACH one has been installed for a total of three reboots:

1.KB 943669

2.KB 975928

3.KB 979457

Give Full Permission to Administrator and System account for the registry 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SvcHost'

And again run the batch file to register the DLLs.

Hope this works for you!

 

[Alexk207]

Btw, the hotfixes seem to be designed for Windows Server 2003, and I have Windows 7.