Patent ID: 9733929
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for restoring applications, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: identifying, within a file system of a computing system, an installation file that includes an application on the computing system; monitoring the installation file within the file system of the computing system; identifying, while monitoring the installation file, a plurality of application files generated as a result of installing an instance of the application to the computing system from the installation file, the plurality of application files comprising: associating each application file in the plurality of application files with the application by: backing up the instance of the application by copying each application file in the plurality of application files from the computing system to a backup storage system; receiving a request to perform a partial restore of the file system of the computing system by restoring the instance of the application to the computing system, the partial restore comprising a restore of less than all of the file system of the computing system; performing the partial restore of the file system of the computing system by restoring the instance of the application to the computing system by: