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In Windows 7 I had the following habit:

Create a system restore point (which creates a shadow copy)
Make some heavy changes to files
Open [Properties > previous versions > Timestamp] of a folder for which I was interested in changes
Copy the UNC path (for example localhostD$@GMT-2020.09.23-00.02.51) which exposes the shadow copy to my preferred sync tool to compare the changes with the current folder

Unfortunately in Windows 10, [Properties > previous versions] is reserved for some backup tool and I can only access shadow copys with tools like shadow copy viewer (Source: Microsoft forums). The UNC path isn't avaliable (despite Volume shadow service being turned on).
Now I am looking for an alternative which mounts a shadow copy at some UNC path for my sync tool.

Hansebenger · Accepted Answer

I found a solution dug deep here: Aaron Mason by using symlinks:

cmd as Admin
vssadmin list shadows
Look for text at correct system restore point after "Shadow Copy Volume:" and copy it
mklink /d C:vsstest [Paste the text here] (for example mklink /d C:vsstest \?GLOBALROOTDeviceHarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2 )
Use the Path C:vsstest for your tasks
If done you can delete the Link with rmdir C:vsstest

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