# System Restore

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/system-restore/744408>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 27, 2016, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/system-restore/744408 "2016-01-27T20:24:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![barbitu8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/system-restore/744408/1 "2016-01-27T20:24:45Z")

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Either because this is the 27th of the month or because I just got a Windows update, my computer reverts to the layout I had before I personalized it with shortcuts on my desktop and task bar, along with the size of my icons. I am unsuccessful in finding System Restore. In Win 7 I would find it in Properties of my computer. I searched “system,” “restore,” “control panel,” and “computer” unsuccessfully. I found it last time (and I think that was 1/27) but can not remember how I found it.

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**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/system-restore/744408/2 "2016-01-27T22:13:33Z")

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It’s under “Recovery” in the Control Panel.

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**Author:** ![barbitu8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/system-restore/744408/3 "2016-01-27T22:29:49Z")

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Thanks very much. I should have seen that.