Task Manager delete old restore point

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Considering the issue with Win8 restore points getting deleted, I decided to use Task Manager to create a new one weekly. The problem is that if I do not boot into another partition or manually delete the old restore point, they are going to pile up. Is there a way in Task Manager to delete the old restore point before creating a new one? thanks....
 

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Just follow the yellow brick road! Er, I mean "red arrow" road actually...

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Hope this works for you.
 

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I am trying to do this automatically and apparently Task Scheduler does not work to even create a restore point. I am now looking for a 3rd party product.
 

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Considering the issue with Win8 restore points getting deleted, I decided to use Task Manager to create a new one weekly. The problem is that if I do not boot into another partition or manually delete the old restore point, they are going to pile up. Is there a way in Task Manager to delete the old restore point before creating a new one? thanks....

I do what is shown in the picture.
I leave only enough room for 1 restore point.
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I am trying to do this automatically and apparently Task Scheduler does not work to even create a restore point. I am now looking for a 3rd party product.

Yes, the fact that you wanted to do it "automatically" was implied so I apologize for not making that assumption; however, your quest for a 3rd party product was never mentioned and that should have been included in your opening statement. Good luck.
 

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I guess I will lower the size of the storage location and I did find a 3rd party scheduler. I still have a problem in that there does not seem to be a way to run/create a restore point manually without using "System Protection". I found %windir%\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScheduledSPPCreation" and it worked the first time I ran it, but now it does not. Some googling said that it only works once a week. Any more info????
 

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I guess I will lower the size of the storage location and I did find a 3rd party scheduler. I still have a problem in that there does not seem to be a way to run/create a restore point manually without using "System Protection". I found %windir%\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScheduledSPPCreation" and it worked the first time I ran it, but now it does not. Some googling said that it only works once a week. Any more info????

You could set it to run at startup:
Change it from Once to Daily.
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  • OS
    Windows 8.1.1 Pro with Media Center
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway
    CPU
    AMD K140 Cores 2 Threads 2 Name AMD K140 Package Socket FT1 BGA Technology 40nm
    Motherboard
    Manufacturer Gateway Model SX2110G (P0)
    Memory
    Type DDR3 Size 8192 MBytes DRAM Frequency 532.3 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics
    Sound Card
    AMD High Definition Audio Device Realtek High Definition Audio USB Audio Device
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Name 1950W on AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x76
    Screen Resolution
    Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x768 pixels
    Hard Drives
    AMD K140
    Cores 2
    Threads 2
    Name AMD K140
    Package Socket FT1 BGA
    Technology 40nm
    Specification AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon HD Graphics
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    Extended Family 14
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    Opera 24.0
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I guess I will lower the size of the storage location and I did find a 3rd party scheduler. I still have a problem in that there does not seem to be a way to run/create a restore point manually without using "System Protection". I found %windir%\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScheduledSPPCreation" and it worked the first time I ran it, but now it does not. Some googling said that it only works once a week. Any more info????

You could set it to run at startup:
Change it from Once to Daily.
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Yes I saw the "At Startup" when trying to get it working. I got to playing with Task Mgr and at one point I deleted "System Restore" settings and I don't know if I messed up when I recreated them. I have tried to run the "%windir%\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScheduledSPPCreation" manually and it only worked the one time and leaves me with a bad feeling.
 

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    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron 1750
    CPU
    Duo Core 2.5 G HZ
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