Windows 10 Script – How to Launch File History Backup

This MS article pretty much sums it up. Users simply were not backing up their data. File History was an attempt to safeguard data in a way that was easy for non-technical users. Listed below are some of the features File History offers.

• Make data protection so easy that any Windows user can turn it on and feel confident that their personal files are protected.
• Eliminate the complexity of setting up and using backup.
• Turn backup into an automatic, silent service that does the hard work of protecting user files in the background without any user interaction.
• Offer a very simple, engaging restore experience that makes finding, previewing and restoring versions of personal files much easier.

A true backup solution is far more powerful and configurable than File History, but File History is geared towards those who would not set up a real backup solution.

Since Windows 10, there are actually two ways to do this:

• You can create a new library called "custom backup" and add your custom folders into that library. You have to show libraries first, which you do in Folder Options. They will show up in File Explorer's left pane after "This PC"). This is also possible in Windows 8.1.
• In Windows 10 you can use the Settings app (tooth wheel in Start menu). Go to "Update & Security" tile. Select "Backup" from the left pane. Click on "More options" hyperlink. There, you will eventually find a "+" button to add folders to the backup.

Personally I prefer method 1, because I immediately see which folders are additionally backed up by looking into my "custom backup" library. In method 2, I don't have a good overview but just a long list of folders.

Have a look here to see more detailed info: https://www.winhelp.us/file-history-in-windows-8.html