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hdmi · Jun 28, 2025

I wrote a script that merges the output with that of vssadmin list shadows, then sorts the merged output by Creation Time.
So you will be able to figure out the correct <ShadowID> to use whenever you want to remove an individual restore point with
vssadmin delete shadows /shadow=<ShadowID> (see also my post here).

Powershell:

$rp = [System.Management.ManagementClass]::new("root/default", "SystemRestore", $null).GetInstances()
if ($rp.Count -ne 0) {
    $arr = ($rp | Format-Table -AutoSize | Out-String).Trim() -split "`n"
    $ht = @{}
    $enu = $rp.GetEnumerator()
    $i = 2
    while ($enu.MoveNext()) {
        $ht[$enu.Current.CreationTime] = $arr[0] + "`n" + $arr[1] + "`n" + $arr[$i] + "`n"
        $i++
    }
    $vss = vssadmin list shadows
    for ($i = 0; $i -lt $vss.Count; $i++) {
        $line = $vss[$i]
        if ($line.StartsWith('Contents of shadow copy set ID: ')) {
            if ($dmtf -ne $null) {$ht[$dmtf] = $s}
            $s = $line
        } else {
            $s = $s + "`n" + $line
            if ($line -match '^   Contained \d+ shadow copies at creation time: (.+)$') {
                $utc = [datetime]::Parse($matches[1], [System.Globalization.CultureInfo]::CurrentCulture).ToUniversalTime()
                $dmtf = '{0:yyyyMMddHHmmss}.{1:D6}-000' -f $utc, ($utc.Millisecond * 1000)
            }
        }
    }
    if ($dmtf -ne $null) {$ht[$dmtf] = $s}
    Write-Output ($ht.GetEnumerator() | Sort-Object -Property Key).Value
    if ($rp.Count -eq 1) {$s = ''} else {$s = 's'}
    Write-Output "Found $($rp.Count) system restore point$s."
} else {
    Write-Output 'No system restore points found.'
}

CoolRaoul · Jun 28, 2025

On my computer, when using the powershell method, "CreationTime" value is blank for all restore points.

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