Creating System Restore Points - Thoughts?

Question

Is it "taboo" to programatically create system restore points? I would be doing this before I perform a software update. If there is a better method to create a restore point with just my software's files and data, please let me know.

I would like a means by which I can get the user back to a known working state if everything goes kaput during an update (closes/kills the update app, power goes out, user pulls the plug, etc.)

    private void CreateRestorePoint(string description)
    {
        ManagementScope oScope = new ManagementScope("\\\\localhost\\root\\default");
        ManagementPath oPath = new ManagementPath("SystemRestore");
        ObjectGetOptions oGetOp = new ObjectGetOptions();
        ManagementClass oProcess = new ManagementClass(oScope, oPath, oGetOp);

        ManagementBaseObject oInParams = oProcess.GetMethodParameters("CreateRestorePoint");
        oInParams["Description"] = description;
        oInParams["RestorePointType"] = 12; // MODIFY_SETTINGS
        oInParams["EventType"] = 100;

        ManagementBaseObject oOutParams = oProcess.InvokeMethod("CreateRestorePoint", oInParams, null); 
    }

Answer 1

Is it "taboo" to programatically create system restore points?

No. That's why the API is there; so that you can have pseudo-atomic updates of the system.