This is just a suggestion to try turning off one drive before doing the restore. The problem might not be with the restore point files, but rather with the collision with open one drive files when doing the restore.
"System Restore failed to extract the file (...\OneDrive) from the restore point."
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Since updating to Windows 1803, system protection does not work. Restore will not restore from the restore point created during the update. Nor will it restore from any new restore point I create. I get the message:
System Restore did not complete successfully. Your computer's system files and settings were not changed.
Details:
System Restore failed to extract the file (<the path on my system>\OneDrive) from the restore point. An unspecified error occurred during the System Resotre. (0x8007018b)"
This is the same result if I attempt to restore to the point that the Windows 1803 upgrade occurred. And if I attempt to restore to a point I created immediately after the upgrade. And if I attempt to restore to a point created immediately before I attempt to restore to it. In other words. It is not possible for me to create a restore point and restore to it.
On the rare occasions when I attempted a restore in the past, it worked okay.
I tried this on another machine also recently updated to Windows 1803. The restore point creation then restoration worked correctly. The only obvious difference between the two is that the machine on which the restore worked had only a C:\ drive. The machine on which the restore fails uses a restore point that covers two drives and the OneDrive file that cannot be recovered is on the non-C: drive.
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2019-10-30T19:37:14+00:00 Tom, thank you for the thought... if you follow back through the thread, though, you will note that I have already availed myself of the obvious. Please, if you have anything else that occurs to you, do not hesitate to share!
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Anonymous
2019-10-31T18:04:58+00:00 Jay, have been unable to learn what "version" of OneDrive is resident on my device. I have looked around the 'Net for instructions, but all begin with the assumption there is an icon on my desktop that allows access to the "about" of the platform I am using. There is nothing like that on my desktop. I only even know my device has (and is syncing with) OneDrive from it appearing on the sidebar menu, and in Windows searches:
Any advise on how to identify the version, based on this fact?
Thank you!
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Anonymous
2019-11-01T00:07:01+00:00 Instructions on how to find your OneDrive version number. Don't be confused by the offer to get updates before release.
- Click the OneDrive cloud icon in the notification area, and select More > Settings.
- Select the About tab and see the version number under About Microsoft OneDrive.
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Anonymous
2019-12-28T19:25:18+00:00 Been monitoring this thread forever as I have this exact same problem Ox8007018b is the error. Short of reinstalling windows as a fresh install there clearly must not be a solution. That no one from Microsoft has addressed this either is deplorable.