A script that will .......

[XY fan]

take me as far in to

Control Panel--Recovery--Configure System Restore--System Protection, Configure

as possible. I want to use it in a button on my XY Tool Bar.

[admin]

Click-baity topic captions in a user forum? Think again...

[XY fan]

That Topic Header was one of the autofil options

[highend]

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run """D:\Tools\Nirsoft\NirCmd\x64\nircmd.exe"" exec show ""rundll32.exe"" shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL sysdm.cpl,,4";

[XY fan]

Doesn't work for me - I just get "The System Cannot Find the File Specified" - and I don't have NirCmd installed although I do know what it is.

[klownboy]

If you don't have Nirsoft utilities installed

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run "Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL Sysdm.cpl,,3",,0,0; 
or
run "control.exe /name Microsoft.Recovery",,0,0;

[XY fan]

Thanks klownboy - the second one works and goes as far as "Configure System Restore"

Is it possible for the Script to get any further - such as the next step of "System Protection"?

[klownboy]

This may be a step closer:

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 run "%SystemRoot%\SysNative\cmd.exe /C systempropertiesprotection",,0,0;

This line will run restore:

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run "%SystemRoot%\SysNative\cmd.exe /C rstrui.exe",,0,0;

[XY fan]

Yep - that works, the first one takes you direct to "System Protection".

I don't suppose it can get any further? - Configure.

But thanks for this.

[XY fan]

I don't suppose it can get any further? - Configure?

[highend]

Ofc this is possible. But not through XY alone (and the compiled AHK .exe DOES require admin permissions!)...

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    run "%SystemRoot%\SysNative\cmd.exe /C systempropertiesprotection",,0,0;
    run "D:\Users\highend\Downloads\Click Configure... button in System Properties, System Protection tab.exe";

Rename the script from .xys to .ahk, compile it and adapt the path in the script lines above

[XY fan]

Thanks highend. I'll contemplate this - I am not looking for something that requires more than XY because I want to run it from a button on the XY toolbar - and also not looking for more clicks (admin permission). But thanks for the effort.

[highend]

because I want to run it from a button on the XY toolbar

Nothing hinders you from doing that even with that AHK script

and also not looking for more clicks (admin permission)

You could run XY with admin permissions and apart from that, UAC can be controlled via gpedit.msc (no clicks at all)

[XY fan]

Thanks again highend. This is beyond my present sripting abilities but I will try to get there with some time.

A modified version of

run "%SystemRoot%\SysNative\cmd.exe /C systempropertiesprotection",,0,0; (thenks to klownboy)

going a step further (Configure) would be more straightforward but not possible I gather.