Andrew,

Re-open this file immediately after this action (you don't even have to
reboot).

You'll see that the <REC>GDB</REC> entry will be in there again.

At least that's the way it happened with Win ME.

Luc.


csswa schrieb:

>
> Regarding the problem of GDB files getting included in System
> Restore, has anyone tries the following easy fix? I am yet to fire
> up XP so I can't test this myself.
>
> open:
>
> \WINDOWS\system32\Restore\filelist.xml
>
> delete line:
>
> <REC>GDB</REC>
>
> If MS's knowledgebase is correct, this would remove GDB files from
> system restore involvement.
>
> One problem in this solution might be that FILELIST.XML itself
> is 'system restored' and so the changes are lost on next boot??
> Anyway, if anyone has experience with trying this fix, can you let me
> know.
>