Comments on: Make a Shortcut Icon to Create a System Restore Point in Windows Vista

By: Slatz

Slatz — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:04:13 +0000

If I click on the script download what do I do then? Does it come with install directions?

BTW…unrelated question…I tried to shut off DEP in VIsta with the command bcdedit.exe /set nx AlwaysOff and go the blue screen of death on startup. System restore wouldn’t work nor would going back to the command prompt and putting in bcdedit.exe /set nx AlwaysOn. I was forced to choose Restore to Original Dell setup (like a sys restore to day 1). What was my mistake?

By: John

John — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:29:31 +0000

Can this .VBS file be placed in any folder?
At first I couldn’t create a file type of .VBS, so I did a search for *.VBS & then copied an existing file to My Documents folder. I then opened & replaced contents with those you recommended. I renamed it as something I’d recognize then created a desktop shortcut for it.
When I click on it, after I click ‘continue’, I get the following error msg: There is no file extension in “C\Users\John\Documents\My”.
Any suggestions?
Thank you.

By: GeminiAlpa

GeminiAlpa — Thu, 22 May 2008 17:36:05 +0000

Just a little flaw: leaving the name field blank and pressing Cancel, this generates a windows script host error 80041008, line5 character2 invalid parameter.
Discovered accidently because I wouldn’t create a restorepoint after all.
bye, Rudolf

By: Bindas

Bindas — Wed, 21 May 2008 23:51:05 +0000

I got the following message when I tried to cancel the operation by pressing “Cancel” button.

Script :\CreateRestorePoint\CreateRestorePoint.vbs
Line: 5
Char: 2
Error: Invalid Parameter
Code: 80041008
Source: SWbemObjectEx

How can I avoid this?

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:00:22 +0000

You can also create a system restore point using this script;

set SRP = getobject(”winmgmts:\\.\root\default:Systemrestore”)
CSRP = SRP.createrestorepoint (”Created a Restore Point now”, 0, 100)
If CSRP 0 then
Msgbox “Error ” & CSRP & “: Unable to create System Restore point”
End if

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 15 May 2008 10:43:42 +0000

Thanks!
I noticed I was setting fewer restore points than I used to in XP. I’m curious if there’s a quick and easy way to check out how many restore points are saved so that I don’t keep too many and waste space?

By: Jan

Jan — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:35:54 +0000

I use something similar for XP for years with this code:

Set IRP = getobject(”winmgmts:\\.\root\default:Systemrestore”)
MYRP = IRP.createrestorepoint (”My Restore Point”, 0, 100)

By: gadzooks64

gadzooks64 — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:15:44 +0000

Thanks! Looks like it works now.

By: The Geek

The Geek — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:56:54 +0000

@gadzooks64

Looks like my script didn’t handle folders with spaces in the names. I’ve updated the script and re-uploaded with a fixed version. Sorry about that!

By: gadzooks64

gadzooks64 — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:38:53 +0000

I downloaded this scrip. When I ran it I received the following error:

There is no file extension in “C:\Users\Gadzooks64\Documents\My”.

What do I do now?