PowerShell 2.0: One Cmdlet at a Time 24 Get-ComputerRestorePoint

Continuing the series looking at new cmdlets available in PowerShell 2.0. This time we look at the Get-ComputerRestorePoint cmdlet.

What can I do with it?

List available System Restore points on the local machine.

Example:

List the available System Restore points on the current machine.

Get-ComputerRestorePoint

How could I have done this in PowerShell 1.0?

You could have used the Get-WMIObject cmdlet with the Root\Default namespace and the SystemRestore Class

Get-WMIObject -Namespace root\default -Class SystemRestore

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