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System Restore

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Purpose

System Restore automatically monitors and records key system changes on a user's computer. It is designed to reduce support costs and increase customer satisfaction by enabling a user to undo a change that may have caused a problem with the system, or revert to a day when the system was performing optimally.

Note

The following documentation is targeted for developers. If you are an end-user looking for information on how to use Windows Backup, see Back up your Windows PC.

Developer audience

The System Restore API is designed for use by C/C++ programmers. A familiarity with Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is required to use the scripting interface.

Run-time requirements

The System Restore API is supported on client operating systems starting with Windows XP. For information about which operating systems are required to use a particular API element, see the Requirements section of its documentation.

In this section

Topic Description
Overview An overview of how System Restore works.
Reference Documentation of System Restore functions, structures, and classes.
Samples A sample program written in C.

WMI

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