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    Reset File History to Default in Windows 10


    How to: Reset File History to Default in Windows 10

    How to Reset File History to Default in Windows 10

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    Information File History was first introduced in Windows 8, and has been improved in Windows 10.

    You can use File History to automatically back up versions of your files on a schedule to a location you select to save to. You can select to save backups to an internal hard drive, externally connected drive (ex: USB drive), or you can save to a drive on a network. You can add, remove, and exclude folders to be backed up by File History.

    Over time, you'll have a complete history of your files. If the originals are lost, damaged, or deleted, you can restore them. You can also browse and restore different versions of your files.

    File History takes advantage of a feature built into the NTFS file system called the change journal to keep track of changes to files. Essentially, when any change is made to a file or folder on your hard disk, the change journal is updated with a description of the change and the name of the file or folder. So to determine which files need to be backed up, File History simply consults the NTFS change journal. Using the change journal is fast and efficient and won't use up a lot of system resources like running a conventional backup routine does.

    If the drive selected as the backup location becomes unavailable, such as when a USB cable is disconnected or the network goes down for maintenance, File History will continue to do its job by saving the copies to a cache on the local drive. Once the backup location becomes available again, the cached contents are transferred to that location and removed from the local drive.

    For more about File History, see:

    This tutorial will show you how to completely reset File History back to default for your account in Windows 10.


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    Note Resetting File History to default will not delete any versions of files from your backup drive. You will need to manually delete them if you also wanted them removed. The backups will be saved in the FileHistory folder on the drive you added to save backups to like below.

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    Reset File History to Default in Windows 10 [​IMG]
    Warning Making new backups with File History is no longer supported starting with Windows 10 build 16215.

    You can still restore files from an existing File History backup though.

    File History will eventually be replaced by a new feature called Timeline.

    Update: File History is back in Windows 10 build 16226.


    CONTENTS:
    • Option One: To Reset File History to Default using a BAT file
    • Option Two: To Reset File History to Default using a VBS file

    EXAMPLE: File History in Settings and Control Panel

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    OPTION ONE [/i] To Reset File History to Default using a BAT file

    Reset File History to Default in Windows 10 [​IMG]
    Note The downloadable .bat file in this option will check for and delete the folder below to reset File History to default for only the current account.

    %UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory


    1. Click/tap on the Download button below to download the .bat file below.
    Reset_File_History.bat

    Download
    2. Save the .bat file to your desktop.

    3. Unblock the .bat file.

    4. Run the .bat file.

    5. You will notice a command prompt quickly open and close to run the command in the .bat file to reset File History to default.





    OPTION TWO [/i] To Reset File History to Default using a VBS file

    Reset File History to Default in Windows 10 [​IMG]
    Note The downloadable .vbs file in this option will check for and delete the folder below to reset File History to default for only the current account, and then show a message when successfully finished.

    %UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory


    1. Click/tap on the Download button below to download the .vbs file below.
    Reset_File_History.vbs

    Download
    2. Save the .vbs file to your desktop.

    3. Unblock the .vbs file.

    4. Run the .vbs file.

    5. Click/tap on OK when it has finished successfully resetting File History to default. (see screenshot below)

    Reset File History to Default in Windows 10 [​IMG]



    That's it,
    Shawn


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    :)
     
    Brink, Apr 30, 2018
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  2. jamis Win User

    V.1803 & File History..

    Just for grins, I ran the "Rest File History to Default in Windows 10" tutorial .bat file and then rebuilt the include folder list to include all of the folders on the "C" drive. I let it run overnight and it backed up all of the folders to an internal 1TB drive. I've added files to a couple of the folders and FileHistory has done the backups as it should. I'm glad they fixed the function, rather than delete it as was thought with v.1803. Next step is to check the System Image function.

    Reset File History to Default in Windows 10 | Windows 10 Tutorials
     
    jamis, Oct 26, 2019
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  3. Ahhzz Win User
    Windows 10 Tweaks

    Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

    Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

    • Open a new Explorer window.
    • Click View in the ribbon.
    • Click Options.
    • Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
    • Click OK


    credit to Lifehacker.
     
    Ahhzz, Oct 26, 2019
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  4. Steve C Win User

    Reset File History to Default in Windows 10

    File History not working


    File History (FH) is somewhat unreliable. My usual fix is this:

    File History - Reset to Default in Windows 10

    • Stop FH from the configuration window
    • Delete your FH config files at C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Configuration
    • Restart FH and select to use the same backup drive as before
     
    Steve C, Oct 26, 2019
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  5. File History defaults vs what I want to save

    Hi Jim,

    To understand the issue better, I would need more information from your end.

    • Is the computer connected to a Domain network?
    • From when are you facing this issue?

    I suggest you to try the steps in the following article which will help you to fix common File History issues.

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/what-something-goes-wrong-file-history

    (Applies to Windows 10)

    Keep us posted on the status for further assistance.
     
    Eeshwar Kumar, Oct 26, 2019
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  6. Is this Tutorial "Reset File History to Default in Window" still good


    Reset File History to Default in Windows 10 Backup Restore Tutorials

    My File History is a complete and total mess, leading to Search being unusable. I'd like to start over to see if I can fix it before I start posting my tale of woe.

    EDIT: I think my problem may be my search index. Should File History be in there in Indexing options?
     
    chuckiechan, Oct 26, 2019
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