enable/disable system restore command line

[John Veteran]

anyone know how to turn system restore on or off either with a command line or through an api in windows?

[Steven]

  gameguy34 said:

anyone know how to turn system restore on or off either with a command line or through an api in windows?

well since its a service.... you should be able to stop it...

[Firecat]

  xStainDx said:

well since its a service.... you should be able to stop it...

To Disable SR:

net stop "System Restore Service"

To Enable SR:

net start "System Restore Service"

[John Veteran]

thanks firecat

[Abagaw Gagaf]

Managing system restore from command promt (using these cmd lines):

1) Turn Off (it may delete all system restore points) :

sc config srservice start= disabled

Reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore" /v DisableSR /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

net stop srservice

2) Turn On:

sc config srservice start= Auto

net start srservice

Reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore" /v DisableSR /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f