{"id":244321,"date":"2026-09-21T21:28:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T02:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/microsoft-september-updates-break-file-history-backup-feature"},"modified":"2026-09-21T21:28:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T02:28:06","slug":"microsoft-september-updates-break-file-history-backup-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/microsoft-september-updates-break-file-history-backup-feature","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft: September updates break File History backup feature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/microsoft-september-updates-break-file-history-backup-feature.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft warned that the built-in File History backup feature in Windows may stop working on some systems after installing the September 2026 security updates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/news\/microsoft\/how-to-use-windows-10-file-history-to-make-secure-backups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">File History<\/a> (introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/compatibility\/new-file-history-feature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">in Windows 8<\/a> and replaced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/news\/microsoft\/windows-10-kb5029331-update-introduces-a-new-backup-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Windows Backup<\/a>, which backs up data to OneDrive) automatically saves copies that let users recover accidentally deleted or damaged files using an older version from hours, days, or weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>By default, File History backs up all folders under the user\u2019s account profile (Documents, Music, Pictures, Videos, and Desktop) to an external hard drive, such as a USB flash drive, or a network storage location (NAS).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft warned that the built-in File History backup feature in Windows may stop working on some systems after installing the September 2026 security updates. File History (introduced in Windows 8 and replaced by Windows Backup, which backs up data to OneDrive) automatically saves copies that let users recover accidentally deleted or damaged files using an [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,42,1492],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-244321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-media-arts","category-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}