Windows 10: Cannot enable System Restore- possible VSS problem?

I'm having issues uninstalling and installing apps with Windows Installer and I've also seen Volume Shadow Copy errors in the Event viewer and I believe these are related.I tried installing Gigabyte RGB Fusion after downloading the latest version, and the Window installer runs, says its "Preparing to install" and sits there hung.Same problem when uninstalling apps. Some apps I can uninstall and I don't think those used the Windows Installer but I may be wrong?I tried to enable System Restore however the Protection Settings show Available Devices "Searching" and Configure is greyed out and Crea

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VSS is corrupt and need to enable to create backup

Hi, two repair utilities come to mind:

a. Tweaking.com's free cautious repair tool offers a number of repairs. One of them is VSS.
Just search for it: select only the repair you need, and follow the preparatory steps.

b. Macrium Reflect offers a feature to fix VSS issues:




Troubleshooting Microsoft VSS errors - KnowledgeBase v7.2 - Macrium Reflect Knowledgebase - KnowledgeBase v7.2 - Macrium Reflect Knowledgebase

Finally I just came across this, by Acronis... did they not suggest it?
https://www.acronis.com/en-gb/person...tic-free-tool/

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VSS / System Restore Points not working

OK, thanks, I'll have a look at that, possible tomorrow as I'm getting a bit fed up with fighting with my computer today. One interesting thing though, the Acronis program is currently running and seems to be creating a local disc image backup without any problems, so at least I should have some sort of backup if things go pear-shaped later. I'll have a quick look at the registry keys later today and possible check to see if the VSS/system protection restore points thingy is working or not while I have Acronis on my PC. Many thanks for all the help suggestions so far.

 

Windows 10 Restore Point creation error 0x800423F4 and possible workarounds

DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Scanhealth

DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth

• Close the command prompt and restart the PC and check if it works.

Please post back with the information asked and the results, we will be glad to assist you further.

Thanks to all who contributed to this post.

I encountered this problem after installing the Windows 10 Creators Update.

After deleting all previous restore points on my system and making sure the VSS service was enabled, I followed the above recommendations and successfully created a restore point.

None of the scans indicated the presence of a problem so I suggest that you NOT give up if your sfc and dism scans come back clean.