I would still think this is a bug. System restore should not replace user
data files.
"Rick Rogers" wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As you can read here:
> http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/...ne/backup.mspx,
> the shadow copies of user data are now part of the system restore process.
> To my knowledge, there is no way to single out folders and exempt them from
> this process. I would consider moving the data, or even the entire user
> accounts documents folder, to a different volume and ensuring that drive is
> not monitored (System Protection tab of the advanced system properties).
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "rmeacham" <rmeacham@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:390AFCE1-7C11-41F2-A860-B8B0410766F5@microsoft.com...
> >I have a folder under C:\Users\username\Documents\Visual Studio
> >2005\Projects
> > that contains C# code and a compiled dll that is used in a few different
> > applications. When I perform a system restore, the entire c# folder is
> > restored back to the same point as the system restore point. I was able
> > to
> > use the shadow copy feature to recover changes I made. However,
> > performing a
> > system restore should not affect user data (in this case my c# code). Is
> > there a way to tell Vista that this is a user directory and not a system
> > directory.
>
>