Questions tagged [previous-versions]
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How to find and open previous versions of a folder programmatically (using PowerShell, WMI, etc)?
I am running Windows 8 Enterprise x64. When I open \\localhost\c$ as a network folder, and then using a context menu open the Properties window of a subfolder (e.g. \\localhost\c$\Deploy as in the example below), there is the Previous Versions tab…
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Disable "Previous Versions" functionality without shutting off other shadow copy functions?
(I looked pretty hard and couldn't find an appropriate previous question, but I have to think this has been asked...somebody please point me at a duplicate?)
Is there any way to disable (or restrict to 0% disk space) the 'Previous Versions'…
Shinrai
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Repository of Previous Versions of Chrome Extensions
You can find previous versions of lots of popular software at file depots, of particular note FileHippo. What about Chrome extensions?
Unfortunately, despite Google’s boasting claim of trying to archive the world’s knowledge, and their vast storage…
Synetech
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How to increase length of Previous Versions history?
In Win 7 you can right-click a file or folder and access the Previous Versions.
I noticed a folder only went back about 3 months. How can I increase this to 1 year?
CJ7
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Windows 7 Backup vs. Previous Versions
We currently have a ton of Windows 7 64 machines that have user data that we want to have backups for incase of a failure.
We have a 1 465gb harddrive as the system drive and a 1tb hard drive as a backup drive. We have Windows Backup only backup…
lross1309
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Windows Backup Previous Versions after moving file?
Let's say I set up Windows Backup to backup my pictures. I know that down the road, I can look at the "Previous Versions" tab to restore a particular file back to an old copy.
But, suppose I have several previous versions of a file on my computer,…
Jason
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How to find all previously-installed Ruby artifacts (files, etc) so I can remove _all_ of them from my OS?
Other than the pre-bundled-with-my-default-OS install (eg: /usr/bin/ruby on macOS 10.14), I want to completely wipe my OS clean of Ruby before I reinstall Ruby to a "known state." Specifically, I want to better complete steps 1 and 2 from this…
Johnny Utahh
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Windows 10 Pro - Previous Version does not work on mapped network drive
I successfully configured a shared folder on a Windows 10 Pro machine (let's call it host) and I am able to access the folder on another Win 10 Pro machine (let's call it client) using net use command, providing the local user of the machine I am…
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Samba shadow_copy2 snapshots not showing up in Windows Previous Versions?
I'm using Samba 4.5 with ZFS as a file share to a Windows 8.1 client. Samba itself is working and I've tested my smb.conf using testparm - it looks correct. The smbd log doesn't show any errors. But I'm not seeing any Previous Versions in the…
Stilez
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Shadow backup not available
We are using windows server 2003 R2. In the server we have enabled the shadow backup for 4 drives& that can be accessible from any of client pcs. But in one windows 7 home pc we cannot access shadow backup. It is saying that "There are no previous…
IT researcher
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Previous version files not visible in Windows 7
We have about 50 computers which are connected in network.But in some Windows 7 pc i cannot see previous version files for some folders which are in network. Previous version files for that folder is visible in Windows xp but only in windows 7 it…
wincoding
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Getting number of previous versions of a remote volume from powershell
I am running Windows server 2019 Standard, powershell version 5.1.17763.316.
I have a remote volume, and by right-click -> properties -> previous versions, I get this:
I would like to check how many previous versions the volume has from powershell,…
Yahav Boneh
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Previous versions tab from Volume Shadow Services
In Windows 7 I had the following habit:
Create a system restore point (which creates a shadow copy)
Make some heavy changes to files
Open [Properties > previous versions > Timestamp] of a folder for which I was interested in changes
Copy the UNC…
Hansebenger
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Does the restoration of system affect previous versions of files/folders
I have a small dilemma: let's assume that I have a folder which last previous version is dated 27th January and my last system restoration point had been created before the day, let's say 25th January. Question is: if I restored my system to 25th…
blondkarol
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How to remove previous versions data from Windows Backup?
So I checked my backup settings (shadow copy / previous versions). By going to “backup settings / more options.” I see some folders there to be included in this.
I decided I don't want a folder d:\videos to be backed up by this so I removed it. But…
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