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Re: System Restore Points Disappear

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Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote in
news:10tb1hh.1344.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net: 

> Boris <nospam@invalid.com> wrote:
>> Windows 11, 25H2
>> 
>> I'm having a problem with System Restore, but this is nothing new.  I
>> just thougt I'd finally ask here.  Restore points seem to disappear
>> every once in a while.  Here's the latest.
>> 
>> I've got plenty of disk space allocated for System Restore points.
>> 
>> The last time I looked, April 26, I had four restore points.  The
>> latest was April 26.
>> 
>> Today, May 2, I did an update to Firefox, but I did not like the 
>> update...it erased many of my Firefox settings and bookmarks, so I
>> decided to do a System Restore to April 6, but the only Restore point
>> was yesterday, May 1, which I assume was made automatically by Windows,
>> because I didn't create this Restore point.  I restored to that point,
>> May 1, and all was well.  Firefox was back with all my settings and
>> bookmarks. 
>> 
>> Why did this happen?  Why did all my previous bookmarks disappear?  I
>> don't see a way to prevent this.
> 
>  April 6 is a 'long' time ago, but there should be Restore Points prior
> to May 1. (FWIW, I have Restore points from April 20 till May 3, 11 in
> total.)
> 
>  I do not want to offend, but you *did* tick the 'Show more restore
> points' in the 'System Restore' Control Panel applet, didn't you? 

No offense taken. It's a legitimate question, and yes, I always tick that
box. 


(With
> that unticked, my system only shows (4) Restore Points from April 29
> till May 3.)
> 
>> Coincidentally, KBs 5083769 and 5086096 were installed on April 30. 
>> Could those KBs have wiped out my prior updates?
> 

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System Restore Points Disappear Boris <nospam@invalid.com> - 2026-05-03 04:17 +0000
  Re: System Restore Points Disappear VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2026-05-02 23:59 -0500
    Re: System Restore Points Disappear Boris <nospam@invalid.com> - 2026-05-04 03:15 +0000
      Re: System Restore Points Disappear "....winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2026-05-04 01:55 -0400
        Re: System Restore Points Disappear Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-05-04 19:27 +0000
          Re: System Restore Points Disappear "....winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2026-05-04 17:43 -0400
      Re: System Restore Points Disappear Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-05-04 03:15 -0400
  Re: System Restore Points Disappear Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-05-04 19:02 +0000
    Re: System Restore Points Disappear Boris <nospam@invalid.com> - 2026-05-04 20:27 +0000

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