How to Configure Previous Versions with Group Policy Settings

You can configure Previous Versions with six Group Policy settings, located in Policies \Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Explorer\Previous Versions (under both Computer Configuration and User Configuration):

• Prevent Restoring Previous Versions From Backups When you enable this setting, the Restore button is disabled on the Previous Versions tab. Users will still be able to see whether previous versions are available (unless you enable the following setting), but the versions will be inaccessible. This setting is disabled by default.
• Prevent Restoring Local Previous Versions When you enable this setting, the Restore button on the Previous Versions tab is disabled when the file to be restored is a local file. This setting is disabled by default.
• Prevent Restoring Remote Previous Versions When you enable this setting, the Restore button on the Previous Versions tab is disabled when the file to be restored is on a remote computer. This setting is disabled by default.
• Hide Previous Versions List For Local Files When you enable this setting, the Previous Versions tab is removed from the file Properties dialog box, and the Restore Previous Versions menu item is removed from the file shortcut menu. This setting is disabled by default.
• Hide Previous Versions List For Remote Files When you enable this setting, the behavior is the same as with the previous setting, but it affects files on remote computers instead of local files. This setting is disabled by default.
• Hide Previous Versions Of Files On Backup Location When you enable this setting, previous versions that were created with a backup are hidden. Previous versions created by shadow copies will still be available. This setting is disabled by default.