Create Windows 8 restore point programmatically

[jwoegerbauer]

Does anyone have any DOS code for creating a system restore point in Windows 8? I have done a Google-search for this but no luck.

[foxidrive]

Must be run as admin:

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wmic /namespace:\\root\default path SystemRestore call createrestorepoint "wmic auto backup", 100, 12

[Squashman]

Does anyone have any DOS code for creating a system restore point in Windows 8? I have done a Google-search for this but no luck.

Well if you were Google searching for "DOS code" it will never find it.

[jwoegerbauer]

Well if you were Google searching for "DOS code" it will never find it.

For how stupid do you hold me? BTW: I've tested it. Searching Google for "DOS code" delivers 318,000,000 results.

[jwoegerbauer]

Must be run as admin:

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wmic /namespace:\\root\default path SystemRestore call createrestorepoint "wmic auto backup", 100, 12

Thanks a lot. Worked like a charm.

[foxidrive]

Searching Google for "DOS code"

Squashman was saying, quite accurately, that it is a poor search term when searching for a command line solution.

[Meerkat]

Must be run as admin:

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wmic /namespace:\\root\default path SystemRestore call createrestorepoint "wmic auto backup", 100, 12

Hello!
What does the 100,12 mean? Thanks!

UPDATE:

I finally got it. This link describes the numbers 100 (EventType) and 12(RestorePointType):
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa378847(v=vs.85).aspx

Meerkat

[foxidrive]

Mr Google doesn't want to tell me either.