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c# and shadow copy – notes on library AlphaVSS

AlphaVSS

AlphaVSS is a .NET class library providing a managed API for the Volume Shadow Copy Service also known as VSS

Error loading library AlphaVSS.x64.dll

if you have error loading the library probabilly you need to install on the machine the Visual C++ 2017 Redist package.

You can find it at this link

Control shadow copy

To control shadow copy, created using alphavss library, you have to open a command prompt whith administrative priviliges and type

vssadmin

to list your shadow copy you have to type :

vssadmin list shadows