Windows 10: Change System Restore Point Creation Frequency in Windows 10

How to: Change System Restore Point Creation Frequency in Windows 10

How to Change System Restore Point Creation Frequency in Windows 10


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 wont affect your personal files in your %UserProfile% folder, but it will remove apps, drivers, and updates installed after the restore point was created.

If an app, command, or schedule calls to create a restore point in Windows 10, system restore will only create the restore point if no other restore point has already been created within the past 24 hours (1440 minutes) by default. Users can always manually create a restore point at any time from within the System Restore user interface though.


You change the system restore point creation frequency to how many minutes you want instead for system restore to skip creating a new restore point if any restore points were created within the previous minutes you set. Setting 0 minutes will have system restore never skip creating the new restore point.

This tutorial will show you how to increase or decrease the system restore point creation frequency to what you want in Windows 10.

You must be sign in as an administrator to change the system restore point creation frequency.



Here's How:

1. Press the Win+R keys to open Run, type regedit into Run, and click/tap on OK to open Registry Editor.

2. Navigate to the key below in the left pane of Registry Editor. (see screenshot below)
*Arrow HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore




3. In the right pane of the SystemRestore key, double click/tap on the SystemRestorePointCreationFrequency DWORD to modify it. (see screenshot above)

*note The SystemRestorePointCreationFrequency DWORD is not available by default.

If you do not have the SystemRestorePointCreationFrequency DWORD, then right click on an empty space in the right pane of the SystemRestore key, click/tap on New, click/tap on DWORD (32-bit) Value, type SystemRestorePointCreationFrequency for the name, and press Enter.

4. Type in a number for how many minutes you want for the system restore point creation frequency, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)

*note The default is 1440 minutes (24 hours), or delete the SystemRestorePointCreationFrequency DWORD.

Entering 0 will have system restore never skip creating a restore point.


5. Close Registry Editor.

6. Restart the computer to apply.


That's it,
Shawn


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Is this the information you require - Change System Restore Point Creation Frequency in Windows 10

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If that's not what you wanted, please post back and I'm sure someone will try to assist further.

 

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Hello rdwray, *Smile

Did this happen after an update? Since the SystemRestorePointCreationFrequency DWORD is not there by default, a Windows Update may have removed it by resetting this back to default.

Here's some more info on the other values just for a reference here.

*Arrow SystemRestoreConfig class (Windows)

 

"SystemRestorePointCreationFrequency" is not in the config list, but "RPSessionInterval" is. No updates were being done, it just happened after I did a restore point with:
Code: PowerShell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& {Start-Process PowerShell -ArgumentList '-NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -NoExit -Command "Checkpoint-Computer -Description "MyRestorePoint" -RestorePointType "MODIFY_SETTINGS"; " ' " -Verb RunAs}"[/quote] Another one in the registry and not in the list is "SRInitDone".

 

This is what I get after running that command in an elevated command prompt.

 

I don't get that on the initial "SystemRestorePointCreationFrequency", but if I try to run it a second time, I do get it and the registry entry is gone as I posted at first - check yours.

 

I'm not sure what may be removing the SystemRestorePointCreationFrequency DWORD for you. *Confused

I've added it and set it to 0, and was able to run the command 3 times in a row without it being removed. Each time a restore point was created.

 

It's holding now; maybe because I didn't delete "RPSessionInterval" - don't know? Thanks Brink.

Edit: A restore point is being created every time I run the script. Do you have any idea how to close PowerShell when the script ends????

 

Just to be clear...
So it's not like Win 7 where every 2-3 days Win automatically created a restore point and if I want it to behave as it was before I have to restore this feature manually now, as explained above, for Win 10 FCU 1709?
Or 'SystemRestorePointCreationFrequency' is just to change interval check, but will still work as in quoted text?

 

Hello hexaae, *Smile

Windows will still automatically create the usual scheduled restore points.

"SystemRestorePointCreationFrequency" is for if an app, command, or schedule calls to create a restore point in Windows 10, system restore will only create the restore point if no other restore point has already been created within the past 24 hours (1440 minutes) by default. If it's been longer than 24 hours since the last restore point, it will get created. Changing the "SystemRestorePointCreationFrequency" allows you to change the default 24 hours to what you want instead based on your needs.

Users can always manually create a restore point at any time from within the System Restore user interface though.