@Shawn yes make the users wrong for not understanding Windows 8's arcane messages. Microsoft can do no wrong (sarcasm.)
Raul Freitas
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(not a Microsoft apologist)
For the record Windows 8 is worse than both Vista and ME.
Can I undo a refresh on windows 8, I have no restore points but would like to go back 24hours?
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I've recently got a new computer with Windows 8, I was having trouble with it and decided to refresh to clean up all the bits and pieces I'd added to start again. The windows office package was installed recently by partner before he went away as he bought two licences and it has now gone.
Can I undo the refresh in any way? I have tried and tried but it seems there were no restore points. Very grateful for any advice as have just managed to get some work for first time this year and need word, excel etc.
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No restore points = no going back. I don't think that you can go back anyway, certainly there is no easy way.
Your other stuff will have to be re-installed..
If you are going to need Refresh in the future, make a CUSTOM Refresh image that better reflects what is installed and running. The new image is not perfect but better than the default Refresh..
http://www.howtogeek.com/108944/how-to-create-a-custom-refresh-image-in-windows-8/
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2013-02-07T20:49:29+00:00 I am devastated - windows 8 - Rubbish. Refresh should be REMOVED its ruined my laptop. I used it for a minor glitch n now NOTHING is left on my PC. I am appalled this is possible without serious warning of the consequences. Next pc will be an apple.
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Anonymous
2013-02-01T22:28:47+00:00 There is a warning that apps, programs and applications will be wiped..
You can make a custom refresh..
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/create-custom-refresh-image-in-windows-8/
I did this, and while 'recovering' from it was not exactly easy, it was better than having to start completely over.
The worst side effect was that while the 'desktop side was recoverable, it almost totally cobbled the Modern UI to the point where there was no point in having it.
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Anonymous
2013-02-01T22:03:30+00:00 I am so mad right now. What a rotten, misleading thing this "REFRESH" was. I have lost programs and files, and I don't know what to do. Why can't there be a restore like there used to be, where you just went back and picked a date and everything goes back? You have to know SO much to run a pc anymore, it makes me afraid to do anything. I hate Windows 8.