How can I Set a System Restore point...

[Steve]

Hello fellow IA'ers;
Best wishes to all for a happy and prosperous New Year.

I have noticed that many newer Microsoft applications inform the user that the installer is "setting a System Restore Point" at the very beginning of an installation. Undoubtedly this is probably are very good idea and good practice to perform a the start of any installation (especially in light of the fact that Microsoft themselves apparently do not have enough faith in their MSI technology to properly roll back/uninstall in order to reverse problems caused by an installation!).

I was wondering if anyone else out their is doing this and if so, how?

Thanks in advance for sharing your expertise!

Steve

[Gizm0]

Well actually is not because of lack of trust on the MSI engine, but in case a system file is getting updated, then they set a restore point, otherwise they never do it (i've only come across that behavior on WMPlayer and IE).

I've never done it, as i never "touch" system files in my installation.

[MichaelNesmith]

There are also APIs you can use to create system restore points - see, for example, SRSetRestorePoint. You will be able to call these from a custom plug-in, or you can also try the Call DLL Function command.

[evoX]

It would be nice to have a Restore Point option in installaware instead of using a custom plug-in.

[Tiago]

It would be nice to have a Restore Point option in installaware instead of using a custom plug-in.

I will second this plea, but would also appreciate to know how to call the aforementioned API using Call DLL as well...

Has anybody done that before?
Thanks in advance.

[Tiago]

I'll take all this silence as a huge "no".
Thank you very much.

[alibaba]

I remember that I read about an IA flag to disable system restore point creation.

But I cannot find it anywhere in manual/forum.

Can someone help me, please

[giaviv]

What do you mean by disabling restore point creation?
During the setup or system-wide?

[alibaba]

I want to disable creating restore point only for the setup to save setup time.

[giaviv]

Hi,

There is no built in way in IA to do this, however if you can write a dll that controls System Restore you could call it with Call DLL Function from MSIcode.