Changing System Restore time settings

Question

By default, windows has a 90 day expiration for settings in System Restore.  I would like to reduce mine to 30 days.  Does anyone know how to do this?   I have researched this issue on the internet for hours over the past few months and have found two articles; however, either they had errors or it didn't work on Dell, as the path they gave for changing the registry doesn't exist on my computer.

SR45 · Answer

Have not heard of the 30 day, 90 day settings, but you can change the Disk Space Usage by clicking of System Restore, and click on the system restore settings on the left side of the box near the middle...Is this what you are talking about ?

Denny Denham · Answer

bnabud,

If you are running Windows XP go to Start|Run, enter regedit and click OK. In the registry navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore. Change the value of RPLifeInterval there from 7,776,000 to 2,592,000.

titanup · Answer

SR45, I appreciate the effort, but that isn't what I was meaning.  I am familiar with the % disk settings.    Denny, my problem is I get so far in the regedit and that is where it gets perplexing.  Once I get to the System Restore folder, I have two folders within it--one is Cfg, which has what looks like 3 files that are Default, Disk Percent and machine Guild; and the other is Snapshot Callbacks, which has a file with Default in it.  I knew there was something regarding changing the number of seconds, but that is where I was lost.  I don't see a RPLife Interval within the System Restore folder.

titanup · Answer

Denny, I kept going back from time to time and today I tried clicking ON the System Restore folder and I found what you were talking about.  Thanks.  I do have one more question on this.  Do I need to do anything about the '0x0076a700' or is changing that number in parenthesis the ONLY thing I do?

JRosenfeld · Answer

The data shows the number in hexadecimal, followed by its decimal equivalent in ()

At the key that Denny gave, right click on RPLifeInterval, click modify. Click the decimal radio button, enter the number that Denny gavee, click OK. That will change both the hexadecimal and decimal values.

titanup · Answer

thanks.

Windows General

Changing System Restore time settings

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