Restore files from previous versions including all file information

In the following post we will use Robocopy to restore files from previous version including all file information like attributes, timestamps, NTFS ACLs etc

The most admins just move the files from previous versions and lose the original file information.

If files were encrypted our deleted you can use the following method to restore your files, including all information, if shadow copies was configured!

First we need to get the path of the previous version:

Than we could run the following command to restore our files:
robocopy "\\fileserver\c$\data001\@GMT-2019.11.28-11.06.38\testtree" "\\fileserver\c$\data001\testtree" /E /COPYALL /DCOPY:T

Explanation of the switches used in robocopy:
Copy directory recursively (/E)

Copy all file information (/COPYALL, equivalent to /COPY:DATSOU, D=Data, A=Attributes, T=Timestamps, S=Security=NTFS ACLs, O=Owner info, U=Auditing info)

Preserve original directories Timestamps (/DCOPY:T).