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restore_try.ps1

($repsych = (New-Object -ComObject Shell.Application).NameSpace(0x0a).Items() | Select-Object Name, Size, Path, IsLink, IsFolder, IsFileSystem, IsBrowsable, @{n="ModifyDate";e={$_.ModifyDate.ToString("yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ")}}, Type, @{n="OriginalLocation";e={$_.ExtendedProperty("System.Recycle.DeletedFrom")}}, @{n="DeleteDate";e={$_.ExtendedProperty("System.Recycle.DateDeleted").ToString("yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ")}}, @{n="Original";e={$_}}) | Select-Object -Property "*" -ExcludeProperty "Original" | ConvertTo-Json -Compress | Out-File -FilePath "C:/repsych.json" -Encoding utf8
$repsych | Select-Object -Property @{n="Root";e={$_.OriginalLocation}}, Name, Path, Original |
Select-Object -Property @{n="From";e={$_.Root+"\"+$_.Name}}, @{n="To";e={"$($_.Root[0]):\__REPSYCH\$($_.Root.Substring(3))"}}, * |
ForEach-Object {
	$targ = $null
	$FML = @($_.Root, $_.Name, [System.IO.Path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension($_.Name), [System.IO.Path]::GetExtension($_.Name))
	if (Test-Path "$($FML[0])\$($FML[1])") {
		#echo already "$($FML[0])\$($FML[1])"
		for ($i = 2; $i -le 99999; $i++) {
			$KILLME = "$($FML[0])\$($FML[2]) ($($i))$($FML[3])"
			if (-not (Test-Path $KILLME)) {
				$targ = $KILLME
				break
			}
		}
	}
	if (Test-Path $_.Path) {
		$_.Original.InvokeVerb("undelete")
	} else { return }
	if (-not (Test-Path $_.From)) {
		return
	}
	md $_.To -Force | Out-Null
	$dest = ($why = $_).To
	if ($targ -eq $null) {
		$targ = $why.From
	}
	for ($i = 1; $i -le 1000; $i++) {
		try {
			mv -Path $targ -Destination $dest -ErrorAction Stop
			echo "Restored $([System.IO.Path]::GetFileName($targ)) from $($_.Path)"
			break
		} catch {
			if ($_.Exception.Message.Trim() -ceq "Cannot find path '$targ' because it does not exist.") {
				Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "Source file '$targ' doesn't exist, skipping."
				break
			}
			if ($i -ge 1000) {
				Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "Failed to move copy ($($i)): ($($why.To))"
				break
			}
			if ($_.Exception.Message.Trim() -ceq "Cannot create a file when that file already exists.") {
				$dest = "$($why.Root)\$([System.IO.Path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension($why.Name)) ($($i))$([System.IO.Path]::GetExtension($why.Name))"
				continue
			}
			Write-Error $_
		}
	}
}