Windows 10: Windows not displaying previous versions but they are enabled and working - shadow explorer...

Hello, The title says it all,I have my Windows Server 2022, brand new, Shadow copies are configured. They are working, I know this because I can restore a file properly from Shadow Explorer but no matter what I do I cannot seem to find how to make the file Shadow Copies tab show me the files. I have tried the regular fixes, restrart the Volume shadow copy service / TCP/IP NetBIOS helper, tried vssadmin list shadows and tried to use mklink E:\shadows /d \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopyXXX this doesn't work I cannot do anything with this / tried rebootingAll I want is to have my

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Re-enable Restore Previous Version?

I use this in winpe - works in regular windows installation as well. Tiny executable, doesn't need net bloatwork. Prefer it to shadow explorer. Previous version Tab uses twext.dll - if you want to have a go at figuring out a hack yourself.

ShadowCopyView - Shadow copy viewer for Windows 10/8/7/Vista

 

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.

 

Re-enable Restore Previous Version?

Is there a hack to re-enable good old Previous version feature using restore points shadow copies?
Current Windows 10 1809/1903 has changed this and now simply does a mirror backup of the previous file (wasting a lot hard drive space) IN ADDITION to restore points that actually already contain differential backup of the recoverable (you can use tools like ShadowExplorer) files... So the simple question is: is there a known hack to re-enable Previous version as it was before (based on shadow copies files, automatically enabled by the restore points feature), not using a "backup drive" to mirror files?

P.S.
I know the workaround using \\MyPC\C$\FileHistory as network path to force Win10 to use C:\FileHistory "drive", but it's a very bad idea by MS IMHO wasting too much hard drive space anyway...