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Richard P.44
Helpful | Level 7
8 years ago
Solved

I get an error message that Windows System Restore failed?

Hi When I run Windows System Restore it fails with this error message System Restore failed to replace the file (D:\Users\*******\Dropbox\.dropbox.cache\qebcobkqbgbzfynfuwbof\placeholder.bat) wit...
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  • radical_exponent's avatar
    radical_exponent
    3 years ago

    Hi everyone,

     

    We're testing out some changes in v182 (currently in beta) that should hopefully help with this. Let us know if you continue to run into problems.

     

    Thanks

RicPennell's avatar
RicPennell
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Hi Ben

Confirm Greg0422 reply is correct - I’ve never been able to run a system restore since I first raised this issue 

My only work around is to make regular system images and use these if I need to go back to a previous version. Very time consuming but does ensure that I can return to a previous version

 

If you are actually looking at this then that would be really good

 

Richard P.44's avatar
Richard P.44
Helpful | Level 7
3 years ago

Also the accepted answer at the start of the thread isnt correct - it didnt work and should be removed

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