Many times we advise to create System Restore point in Windows before trying a new customization pack, tweaking software, etc. System Restore in Windows allows you to restore your system to an earlier point when your system was working fine. It might become very useful when you break something and can't boot into Windows.
When you decide to restore a file or setting using System Restore, all other files and settings also get restored and you loose your customized settings and new version of files.
Wouldn't it be great if you could access the whole restore point as a folder in Windows Explorer and then copy and paste the desired file only?
Today we are going to share an excellent and absolutely free software "System Restore Explorer" which allows you to manage system restore points in Windows. It allows you to delete a restore point and the best feature of this tool is the ability to mount a system restore point as a folder in Windows Explorer.
When you run this software, you get following screen showing all system restore points created in your Windows:
You need to simply select the desired restore point and click on Delete button to delete it or click on "Mount" button to mount it as a folder in Windows Explorer.
The folder shortcut is created in C: drive and you can browse through all files and folders in this mounted restore point just like a normal folder:
If you want to unmount the restore point, you can delete the shortcut or click on "Unmount" button in the program window.
Its a very easy to use and useful software for Windows Vista and 7 users.
You can download it using following link:
Thanks to gHacks and addictivetips for sharing it...
This article was posted by VG in following section: Software, Windows 7, Windows Vista.
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Pinoy007
A very useful program.
MYCO
wont work on windows xp?
MYCO
got my answer. went to the site. nice program but would be nicer if we had one for XP. thanks anyway though
SMBR
Thanks I was searching for that..
Uewd
Thank you very much for this nice application.
Riddle
Another way to look at restore points in Vista and 7 is to open 'Computer' folder, right-click drive with System Restore enabled, and choose option 'Restore previous versions'.
Then you can choose a time and click the 'Open' button and Windows will open that restore point without 3rd party software.