Get-ComputerRestorePoint
Gets the restore points on the local computer.
Syntax
Get-ComputerRestorePoint
[[-RestorePoint] <Int32[]>]
[<CommonParameters>]
Get-ComputerRestorePoint
-LastStatus
[<CommonParameters>]
Description
The Get-ComputerRestorePoint
cmdlet gets the local computer's system restore points. And, it can
display the status of the most recent attempt to restore the computer.
You can use the information from Get-ComputerRestorePoint
to select a restore point. For example,
use a sequence number to identify a restore point for the Restore-Computer
cmdlet.
System restore points and the Get-ComputerRestorePoint
cmdlet are supported only on client
operating systems such as Windows 10.
Examples
Example 1: Get all system restore points
In this example, Get-ComputerRestorePoint
gets all the local computer's system restore points.
Get-ComputerRestorePoint
CreationTime Description SequenceNumber EventType RestorePointType
------------ ----------- -------------- --------- ----------------
7/30/2019 09:17:24 Windows Update 4 BEGIN_SYSTEM_C... 17
8/5/2019 08:15:37 Installed PowerShell 7-prev... 5 BEGIN_SYSTEM_C... APPLICATION_INSTALL
8/7/2019 12:56:45 Installed PowerShell 6-x64 6 BEGIN_SYSTEM_C... APPLICATION_INSTALL
Example 2: Get specific sequence numbers
This example gets system restore points for specific sequence numbers.
Get-ComputerRestorePoint -RestorePoint 4, 5
CreationTime Description SequenceNumber EventType RestorePointType
------------ ----------- -------------- --------- ----------------
7/30/2019 09:17:24 Windows Update 4 BEGIN_SYSTEM_C... 17
8/5/2019 08:15:37 Installed PowerShell 7-prev... 5 BEGIN_SYSTEM_C... APPLICATION_INSTALL
Get-ComputerRestorePoint
uses the RestorePoint parameter to specify a comma-separated array of
sequence numbers.
Example 3: Display the status of a system restore
This example displays the status of the most recent system restore on the local computer.
Get-ComputerRestorePoint -LastStatus
The last attempt to restore the computer failed.
Get-ComputerRestorePoint
uses the LastStatus parameter to display the result of the most
recent system restore.
Example 4: Use an expression to convert the CreationTime
Get-ComputerRestorePoint
outputs the CreationTime as a Windows Management Instrumentation
(WMI) date and time string.
In this example, a variable stores an expression that converts the CreationTime string to a
DateTime object. To view CreationTime strings before they're converted, use a command such
as ((Get-ComputerRestorePoint).CreationTime)
. For more information about the WMI date and time
string, see CIM_DATETIME.
$date = @{Label="Date"; Expression={$_.ConvertToDateTime($_.CreationTime)}}
Get-ComputerRestorePoint | Select-Object -Property SequenceNumber, $date, Description
SequenceNumber Date Description
-------------- ---- -----------
4 7/30/2019 09:17:24 Windows Update
5 8/5/2019 08:15:37 Installed PowerShell 7-preview-x64
6 8/7/2019 12:56:45 Installed PowerShell 6-x64
The $date
variable stores a hash table with the expression that uses the ConvertToDateTime
method. The expression converts the CreationTime property's value from a WMI string to a
DateTime object.
Get-ComputerRestorePoint
sends the system restore point objects down the pipeline. Select-Object
uses the Property parameter to specify the properties to display. For each object in the
pipeline, the expression in $date
converts the CreationTime and outputs the result in the
Date property.
Example 5: Use a property to get a sequence number
This example gets a sequence number by using the SequenceNumber property and an array index. The output only contains the sequence number.
((Get-ComputerRestorePoint).SequenceNumber)[-1]
6
Get-ComputerRestorePoint
uses the SequenceNumber property with an array index. The array index
of -1
gets the most recent sequence number in the array.
Parameters
-LastStatus
Indicates that Get-ComputerRestorePoint
gets the status of the most recent system restore
operation.
Type: | SwitchParameter |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | False |
Required: | True |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-RestorePoint
Specifies the sequence numbers of the system restore points. You can specify either a single sequence number or a comma-separated array of sequence numbers.
If the RestorePoint parameter isn't specified, Get-ComputerRestorePoint
returns all the local
computer's system restore points.
Type: | Int32[] |
Position: | 0 |
Default value: | All restore points |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
Inputs
None
You can't send objects down the pipeline to Get-ComputerRestorePoint
.
Outputs
Get-ComputerRestorePoint
returns a SystemRestore object, which is an instance of the Windows
Management Instrumentation (WMI) SystemRestore class.
When you use the LastStatus parameter, Get-ComputerRestorePoint
returns a string.
Notes
To run a Get-ComputerRestorePoint
command on Windows Vista and later versions of Windows, open
PowerShell with the Run as administrator option.
Get-ComputerRestorePoint
uses the WMI SystemRestore class.
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