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| ($repsych = (New-Object -ComObject Shell.Application).NameSpace(0x0a).Items() | Select-Object Name, Size, Path, IsLink, IsFolder, IsFileSystem, IsBrowsable, @{n="ModifyDate";e={$_.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={$_}}) | Out-Null #| 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 { | |
| if (-not (Test-Path $_.Path)) { return } | |
| #if (-not (Test-Path $_.From)) { return } | |
| $targ = ($why = $_).To + "\" + $_.Name | |
| $FML = @($_.To, $_.Name, [System.IO.Path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension($_.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 $KILLME)) { | |
| Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow "Had to rename ($i)" | |
| $targ = $KILLME | |
| break | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| try { | |
| md $_.To -Force | Out-Null # unc path creation not working | |
| } catch { | |
| return | |
| } | |
| for ($i = 1; $i -le 1000; $i++) { | |
| try { | |
| if ($true) { | |
| $_.Original | mv -Destination $targ -ErrorAction Stop | |
| } | |
| echo "Restored $([System.IO.Path]::GetFileName($targ)) from $($_.Path)" | |
| break | |
| } catch { | |
| $msg = $_.Exception.Message.Trim() | |
| if ($msg -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 ($msg -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-Host -ForegroundColor Red $msg | |
| Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red $why | |
| Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red $targ | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } |
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