The regular pathway for creating a restore point in Windows 10 is via the System Protection tab from the System Properties window. In this post, we will guide you on how to manually create a Restore Point using Command Prompt & PowerShell in Windows 10.
A great time to create a restore point is immediately after you have installed Windows 10 on your computer or device. Only then should you go ahead and install your apps, drivers, change your settings, and so on. When you are done, if everything works correctly, you should make another restore point to use it later on, if you encounter problems.
Another good time to create manual restore points is before installing apps from untrusted sources (which you shouldn’t be doing anyway), that might cause issues.
To create a Restore Point using Command Prompt & PowerShell in Windows 10, see the sections below as it relates to each method.
Create a Restore Point using Command Prompt
To create a Restore Point using Command Prompt, do the following:
- Press Windows key + R to invoke the Run dialog.
- In the Run dialog box, type cmd and then press CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER to open Command Prompt in admin/elevated mode.
- In the command prompt window, type or copy and paste the command below and press Enter.
- Replace the <RestorePointName> placeholder with any name you like.
wmic.exe /Namespace:\\root\default Path SystemRestore Call CreateRestorePoint "<RestorePointName>", 100, 7
If the output you get tells you Method execution successful and ReturnValue = 0, it means that the system restore point was created successfully.
Read: What happens if you interrupt System Restore?
Create a Restore Point using PowerShell
To create a Restore Point using PowerShell, do the following:
- Press Windows key + X to open Power User Menu.
- Press A on the keyboard to launch PowerShell in admin/elevated mode.
- In the PowerShell console, type or copy and paste in the command below and hit Enter.
- Replace the <RestorePointName> placeholder with any name you like.
powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -NoExit -Command "Checkpoint-Computer -Description '<RestorePointName>' -RestorePointType 'MODIFY_SETTINGS'"
PowerShell shows a text-based progress bar that indicates how the restore point creation process goes. When it’s done, you can close PowerShell.
In some situations, Windows 10 might prompt you that you cannot create new restore points manually. That’s because the operating system allows the creation of only one system restore point every 24 hours by default.
However, you can change this setting and allow as many restore points creations as you want by creating a special key in the Windows Registry, using the SystemRestorePointCreationFrequency key.
That’s all there is to create a Restore Point using Command Prompt & PowerShell in Windows 10!
