Windows 10: Filehistory retrieve backup

Hi all,


I have set up a filehistory backup to backup specific folders from my hard drive to an external SSD. This has worked perfectly and it the backup shows on my SSD. All files are backed up and given a name extension with the date the files were backed up. So far so good:





And in that file on my account name in gives me a folder with all backups:




Unfortunately my laptop crashed during a windows update erasing all my files. Especially for this I have backed my up my files. But now the problem starts on how to set them back to my harddrive. In Filehistory I cannot select the backups and have no way to copy them back. Off course I can copy them by hand, but then all my files have the backup date in the name, which I than have to rename manually, something I rather not do.

This is how I intend to retrieve my files:

1. Activate file history again in settings, updates & security, backup



2. Go to more options, related settings and restore files from current backup.




3. Here I get this window, but it does not allow me to select another backup other than the one I just made when turning on file history again in step 1.




When i direct it to the location on my S: drive directly (by typing in S: in the address field above) it gives me the following warning:




What am I doing wrong?


Best regards,


Douwe

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FIleHistory: some folders are not backup up anymore

Preamble: I have been used FileHistory to backup my folders and files on a network drive since long.

All backup up folders where included in the Library, therefore I nave used the Backup Contro Panel to include other folders in the backup list.

Up to yesterday everything was working fine.

Yesterday I used the Backup Control Panel to see what was happening if I was adding folder "C:\User\Paolo" to the list of included folders.

Shame on me ..

Since then FileHistory stopped backing up all folders, with one exception: the special folder "Download" which is the only one in my Library to be located in drive D:\ (that is, outside C:\User\Paolo)

Removing the folder C:\User\Paolo from the included didn't work.

Restoring Windows to a previous restore point did not solve the issue.

Starting a new backup on a different network drive did not work.

The final solution was to both

• remove all files located in C:\Users\Paolo\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Configuration
• start a new backup in a new folder/network drive

I hope that sharing this will help others with the same issue.

Paolo

 

Windows 10 Backup / FileHistory

I had a backup drive using FileHistory in Windows 8.1. After having upgraded to Windows 10 however the the Backup option in settings is not doing what I want it to at all!!!

It doesn't allow me to choose which folders to backup and which to exclude. However many times I change these it always reverts to the default setting of backing up everything with no exclusions.

FileHistory was a very useful feature of Windows 8.1 and I would like to be able to do the same in Windows 10. Please help.!

 

Bug: Windows 10 (build 14393.693) FileHistory when using hidden network share as backup destination

Okay. Seems like it's impossible to report a bug as a standard consumer. I don't wanna call Microsoft supporter or anything - I just want to say that I've found a bug.

It's pretty simple to reproduce.

1. You have to have a FileHistory running using a network location as backup destination.

2. Disconnect the backup share (like move the folder so FileHistory cannot find it anymore).

3. Setup a new network share but make the new share hidden (so you have to use $ to browse it)

4. Enter FileHistory configuration

5. Configure FileHistory to use the new share - browse your way in \\someserver\share$\

6. FileHistory now asks you if you want to move previous FileHistory to the new location. Click Yes.

7. FileHistory now fails. Note that when you have clicked Ok to the fail dialog the screen shows your new network backup destination. BUT there's no $ in the path. The FileHistory process is kind of halted and you cannot start it, because the new destination
does not exist (due to lack of $ in path).

8. To workaround, reproduce step 4-5 but in step 6 click No to move previous FileHistory.

9. Now the label has the new network path has the $ in its destination and the FileHistory is now working.