Category: Supported Windows Vista through Windows 7

This policy setting lets you hide entries in the list of previous versions of a file in which the previous version is located on backup media. Previous versions can come from the on-disk restore points or the backup media. If you enable this policy setting users cannot see any previous versions corresponding to backup copies and can see only previous versions corresponding to on-disk restore points. If you disable this policy setting users can see previous versions corresponding to backup copies as well as previous versions corresponding to on-disk restore points. If you do not configure this policy setting it is disabled by default.

This policy setting lets you suppress the Restore button in the previous versions property page when the user has selected a previous version of a local file. If you enable this policy setting the Restore button is disabled when the user selects a previous version corresponding to a local file. If you disable this policy setting the Restore button remains active for a previous version corresponding to a local file. If the user clicks the Restore button Windows attempts to restore the file from the local disk. If you do not configure this policy setting it is disabled by default. The Restore button is active when the previous version is of a local file.

This policy setting lets you hide the list of previous versions of files that are on local disks. The previous versions could come from the on-disk restore points or from backup media. If you enable this policy setting users cannot list or restore previous versions of files on local disks. If you disable this policy setting users cannot list and restore previous versions of files on local disks. If you do not configure this policy setting it defaults to disabled.

This policy setting lets you suppress the Restore button in the previous versions property page when the user has selected a previous version of a local file in which the previous version is stored on a backup. If you enable this policy setting the Restore button is disabled when the user selects a previous version corresponding to a backup. If you disable this policy setting the Restore button remains active for a previous version corresponding to a backup. If the Restore button is clicked Windows attempts to restore the file from the backup media. If you do not configure this policy setting it is disabled by default. The Restore button is active when the previous version is of a local file and stored on the backup.