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• Gjelder for:

  ✅ Windows Server 2025, ✅ Windows Server 2022, ✅ Windows Server 2019, ✅ Windows Server 2016, ✅ Windows 11, ✅ Windows 10, ✅ Azure Stack HCI, versions 23H2 and 22H2

Resets DiskShadow.exe to the default state. This command is especially useful in separating compound DiskShadow operations, such as create, import, backup, or restore.

[!IMPORTANT After you run this command, you will lose state information from commands, such as add, set, load, or writer. This command also releases IVssBackupComponent interfaces and loses non-persistent shadow copies.

Syntax

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Related links

• Command-Line Syntax Key

• create command

• import command

• backup command

• restore command

• add command

• set command

• load command

• writer command