Windows 10: New System, System restore restoring registry, stuck

I've had this brand new Dell G5 15, Windows 10, for about a week. Put on all available updates. A few days ago, I created a restore point. Today, I had it restore there. It has been 3 hours and it still says "restoring the registry". I maybe added 3 programs which changed the registry, if that.


Seems to me I've had problems with Windows restores many years ago and it just occurred to me I shouldn't have done this. I just did a long web search that shows I'm not alone. Apparently this very critical feature is faulty right out of the box.


Is there any way out of this mess without having to use my recovery drive? Will the recovery drive work or is that anither critical feature which fails if you look at it sideways?


Bob

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System restore got stuck

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I appreciate if you could answer few questions to narrow down to the issue.

• What was the exact issue that you were facing that lead to perform restore?
• Did you receive any error message, when the system restore got stuck?
• Did you install any third party security application?

Since the computer is being stuck, I suggest you to restart the computer and try to perform the restore again and check if it helps.

I also suggest you to provide more information regarding the issue which led to perform system restore along with the make and model of the computer.

Hope the information helps. Let us know if you need further assistance. We will be happy to help.

Thank you.

 

system restore stuck in "restoring registry. How do I get out of it?

Did a system restore. It is "Stuck" on restoring registry.

 

System Restore - Safe?

System restore works maybe 50% of the time.

It either fixes it, or breaks it.