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Windows Forum / Windows Me / System Tools / November 2004system restore missing link
I tried to use SR a couple of days ago with no luck. There was only one restore point and that was a month ago. I have downloaded the hot fix. Today I tried to go to SR and could not find the link in start, accessories, system tools. I can go to my computer properties and disable or enable it but still no link. Kelly Smith Ohio Kelly, If you've deleted the link (more likely though you have accidentally dragged it into an adjacent folder) it is easy to create another as follows: Using Explorer, browse to the file rstrui.exe in the windows\system\restore folder and create a shortcut to this file on your desktop. Rename the shortcut System Restore. Drag the shortcut to the Start button. Click Start and then drag the System Restore shortcut to the Programs | Accessories | System Tools folder. Alternatively you can launch system restore using one of the following methods a) From the link in Help & Support b) From the link on the General tab of MSConfig (Start, Run, enter MSConfig and click OK), c) By entering C:\windows\system\rstrui.exe in the Start | Run box and clicking OK, or, d) By directly double clicking the file rstrui.exe (Use Windows Explorer, rstrui.exe is in the windows\system\restore folder).  SignatureMike Maltby MS-MVP mike.maltby@gmail.com > I tried to use SR a couple of days ago with no luck. There was only > one restore point and that was a month ago. I have downloaded the hot > fix. Today I tried to go to SR and could not find the link in start, > accessories, system tools. I can go to my computer properties and > disable or enable it but still no link. Mike I think I goofed. I located that file doing a file search and dragged to the desktop, changed the name although it warned me. Nothing seemed to work so I changed it back and finally dragged it into system tools. Nothing happens when I click on it. When I check the C:/windows\system\restore folder that file is not in there. There are 10 other files. stmgr.exe is enabled in msconfig. > Kelly, > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > accessories, system tools. I can go to my computer properties and > > disable or enable it but still no link. Forget about stmgr.exe. This file is irrelevant to this particular problem. The only file of any interest if you wish to run system restore is rstrui.exe as I mentioned in my earlier posting. Go back and check the windows\system\restore folder again. You won't have deleted or even renamed rstrui.exe unless for some reason you have disabled Win Me's system file protection. If that's the case that probably means the *StateMgr entry in MSConfig | Startup is unchecked in which case you have more to worry about as system restore won't work either, regardless of whether you can locate rstrui.exe or not. :-) SignatureMike Maltby MS-MVP mike.maltby@gmail.com > Mike > I think I goofed. I located that file doing a file search and dragged [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > C:/windows\system\restore folder that file is not in there. There are > 10 other files. stmgr.exe is enabled in msconfig. Mike, in msconfig, startup, the box beside *statemgr is checked. I don't know why the asterisk. The file rstrui.exe is not in the restore folder. I have to leave but will check later. Can I drag that file, rstrui.exe, from the desktop back to the restore folder? Kelly > Forget about stmgr.exe. This file is irrelevant to this particular > problem. The only file of any interest if you wish to run system restore [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > C:/windows\system\restore folder that file is not in there. There are > > 10 other files. stmgr.exe is enabled in msconfig. Kelly, > I don't know why the asterisk. This is to tell the operating system to launch this application in Safe Mode even though normally none of the commands in the MSConfig | Startup window would be launched. > Can I drag that > file, rstrui.exe, from the desktop back to the restore folder? Yes. I thought you said you couldn't find the file, I mis-read your post. Once you've done that create the shortcut as I described previously and then move it to your preferred location. SignatureMike Maltby MS-MVP mike.maltby@gmail.com > Mike, in msconfig, startup, the box beside *statemgr is checked. I > don't know why the asterisk. The file rstrui.exe is not in the > restore folder. I have to leave but will check later. Can I drag that > file, rstrui.exe, from the desktop back to the restore folder? Mike, I am back in business. Thanks for your patience. Kelly > Kelly, > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > restore folder. I have to leave but will check later. Can I drag that > > file, rstrui.exe, from the desktop back to the restore folder? Kelly, That's a relief! :-) I'm not sure I understand how you managed to move rstrui.exe to your desktop but that's unimportant now if you have managed to get it back where it belongs and made the necessary shortcut. One final suggestion, if you haven't used system restore recently you might want to carry out the following quick test to check that all is OKK: a) Create a shortcut on your desktop to a file. b) Create a manual checkpoint Could you create a checkpoint? c) Delete the shortcut d) Restore your PC to the checkpoint you created. Was the shortcut restored? Did you see any error messages? e) Reboot your PC Was the checkpoint retained? Cheers, SignatureMike Maltby MS-MVP mike.maltby@gmail.com > Mike, I am back in business. Thanks for your patience. Mike, Ok to all of the above. Like I said I goofed. Usually when I lose an icon I go to the place the program is located and drag it to the desktop. Up to now it has always left the original intact and cloned itself. This time I did a file search and dragged it from there. Evidently I removed it individually from the restore folder. When I had the restore folder open I saw it was missing so I pulled it back in after asking you. "whew" all's well now. Don't worry, I'll be back. I'm sure to goof something else up eventually. You've helped me a few times before. Kelly Ohio > Kelly, > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > > Mike, I am back in business. Thanks for your patience. Kelly, Sounds fine to me so until the next time. :-) Cheers, SignatureMike Maltby MS-MVP mike.maltby@gmail.com > Mike, > Ok to all of the above. Like I said I goofed. Usually when I lose an [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > back. I'm sure to goof something else up eventually. You've helped me > a few times before. |
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