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All my desktop files have the same name - need help!

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Participants northernbadger2George Sanders37rustywalker1Lisa Thompson72wearymason4
northernbadger2 northernbadger2 MemberOP
22 messages
joined May 2011
#1 ·
My smart sister was messing around on my computer and tried to rename just one folder—but she ended up renaming everything instead... oops. I guess there might be a quick or easy fix for this?
George Sanders37 George Sanders37 Active Member
172 messages
joined Aug 2013
#2 ·
Could you grab a screenshot of the issue?
northernbadger2 northernbadger2 MemberOP
22 messages
joined May 2011
#3 ·
image

it's a total disaster
rustywalker1 rustywalker1 Active Member
89 messages
joined Jun 2011
#4 ·
You'll have to walk.
George Sanders37 George Sanders37 Active Member
172 messages
joined Aug 2013
#5 ·
The only thing I can really think of is rolling the system back using a system restore point (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...system-restore).

I'm not sure when you last made a restore point—or if you’ve even used one before—but just a heads-up: besides fixing those renamed icons, it'll revert a lot of other settings too, so maybe be careful with that.

Otherwise, I guess you'll just have to do what Bucky suggested.
Lisa Thompson72 Lisa Thompson72 Member
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joined May 2015
#6 ·
I guess CTRL+Z usually does the trick if you hit it right away
northernbadger2 northernbadger2 MemberOP
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joined May 2011
#7 ·
Jeffrey Hall66 said:Hitting CTRL+Z usually works if you catch it right away

I tried that immediately—but nothing changed, I guess.

Things are getting pretty messy here—it’s kind of a disaster, honestly. Like, renaming a Word doc is fine, but whenever I try to rename programs or folders, things just go sideways. Instead of changing the file I actually selected, it somehow renames a totally different one... so then I end up with two files that look identical, and when I try to delete one, the system won't let me. Plus, some of my files lost their icons entirely—they just look like broken uninstalled apps now. I have no idea how I managed to mess things up this badly?
wearymason4 wearymason4 Active Member
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joined Oct 2014
#8 ·
give this a shot https://www.dropbox.com/s/wtzf0as1ka...vista.reg?dl=0

or maybe try this one https://mega.co.nz/#!ItI1lKCR!CsengC...XvnrfV-ms7-c-c
just hit the "reset icon"

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