Start Restore From Command Prompt

Start The System
Restore
Tool In MS-DOS

Windows Millennium Edition (ME) includes the System Restore tool; however, you cannot start the System Restore tool from a command prompt. It may be necessary to start the System Restore tool when you are unable to start your Windows ME-based computer normally or in Safe mode.
To start the System Restore tool when you are unable to start your Windows ME-based computer normally or in Safe mode, you can temporarily change the Windows shell from Explorer.exe to Progman.exe. To do this:

     1. Start your computer by using the Windows ME Startup disk.
     2. At the Startup menu, choose Minimum Boot.
     3. At the command prompt, type edit c:\windows\system.ini , and then press ENTER.
     4. Edit the shell= line so that it looks like this:

shell=progman.exe

     5. Press ALT+F, and then press S to save the changes to the System.ini file.
     6. Press ALT+F, and then press X.
     7. Remove your Windows ME Startup disk, and then restart your computer. When your computer
         restarts, Program Manager should start. If Program Manager does not start, repeat steps 1-7,
         being careful to follow these steps exactly, and then continue to the next step.
     8. On the File menu, choose Run , type msconfig in the Command Line box, and then press
         ENTER.
     9. Click Launch System Restore to begin restoring your computer to a previous, functional state.

Note : After you configure your computer to start Program Manager, you can start the System
            Restore tool by typing c:\windows\system\restore\rstrui.exe at a command prompt, and then
            pressing ENTER.