Hi, this morning I discovered that System Restore stopped working correctly, because, after choosing a point, I got the error 0x80070005
(see the image).

I'm on Windows 7 Pro x64 (not planning to update to 8\10).
No active antivirus at the moment.
I've tried various solutions online, but noone worked.
Selecting a 20 days old point didn't work either.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

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I've also encountered other problems not related to the first error, but discovered due to that:

- SFC /scannow couldn't repair some files like: themeservice.dll, themeui.dll, uxtheme.dll

- DISM doesn't have the usual /restorehealth parameter (only /scanhealth).. why??

- the "System Protection" tab is missing in "Safe mode" (bug or feature?).

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Any suggestion?
Should I try a repair at this point? (NO refresh)

Some viruses intentionally corrupt restore points... they become SYSTEM or NT_AUTHORITY and wreak havoc.

You may have to format, if you have to restore this much is sounds like you have stability issues. If you do look into BitDefender free edition... its an install and forget with no interactive bits to bother you.

The only new thing I've installed in days is HWinfo. O_o
Also, the only "broken" thing was VLC.
I'm a bit puzzled right now..

hehehehehehe,I guess my virus worked...hehehehehehehe:)

Oh yeah, I made it!
I used System Restore from the Repair mode and it worked :D

No idea about that SR error or the other issues though.
Any comment about the rest?

Oh well..

- after various tries, SFC managed at least to repair themeservice.dll and uxtheme.dll.

- DISM /restorehealth seems to exist only on Win 8+ versions.

- no SR tab in "Safe mode" is probably a security feature.