Windows 10: Add System Protection Context Menu in Windows 10

How to: Add System Protection Context Menu in Windows 10


Information system restore that takes your PC back to an earlier point in time, called a system restore point. This can be handy if your PC isn't working well and you recently installed an app, driver, or update.

Each restore point contains the necessary information needed to restore the system to the chosen state. Restore points are automatically generated when you install a new app, driver, or Windows update, and generated when you Restoring won’t affect your personal files in your %UserProfile% folder, but it will remove apps, drivers, and updates installed after the restore point was created.

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove a System Protection context menu for all users to open System Protection, do a system restore, or create a restore point in Windows 10.

You must be signed in as an administrator to be able to add and use the context menu.

EXAMPLE: System Protection desktop context menu













Here's How:

1. Do step 2 (add) or step 3 (remove) below for what you would like to do.


2. To Add "System Protection" to Desktop Context Menu
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Add_System_Protection_to_desktop_context_menu.reg

Download

3. To Remove "System Protection" from Desktop Context Menu
NOTE: This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Remove_System_Protection_from_desktop_context_menu.reg

Download
4. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6. When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7. You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.



That's it,
Shawn


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Thanks as always, Brink. You're awesome!

 

You are one valuable asset to this place! Thanks for sharing your knowledge so freely.

 

Glad it could help guys. *Smile

 

Just stumbled across this one. You make it so easy. Many thanks, Brink, for excellent tutorial.