Regedit with folder * cannot access anything

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Kyddco - Dec 20, 2015 at 05:05 PM
Ambucias Posts 47310 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 - Dec 21, 2015 at 04:50 AM
Hello,

I'd originally been trying to restore my data and files to a previous date but everything had been changed to a different date.
Went to RegEdit to see what exactly is going on and there is a folder titled "*" containing all my programs and files that I'd been unable to access.
What is suggested?

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Ambucias Posts 47310 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,163
Dec 20, 2015 at 05:10 PM
Hello,

You must not mess around with the registry.

The registry does not contain folders nor files but values and keys.

What is it that changed to a different date?
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Sirry missed what you'd asked.

Let's say a folder was created on 2.13.15. The date was rolled back to 2.13.13.

So a number of folders I'd had are no longer accessible. I read a log file that had changed a number of aspects on the computer, which was why I'd initially planned on restoring to a previous date. Would that undo what was done? It'd been changed a last week, Tuesday. Wanted to restore it to Sunday.
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Kyddco Posts 2 Registration date Sunday December 20, 2015 Status Member Last seen December 20, 2015
Dec 20, 2015 at 05:37 PM
Access to my computer.
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Ambucias Posts 47310 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,163
Dec 20, 2015 at 06:02 PM
Restoring to a previous date will only bring back your operating system to the state as it was on that date. It should not erase any data such as Word, Excel, images but it will delete all the changes you may have made to the operating system.

So I don't know what you mean by: So a number of folders I'd had are no longer accessible.

Regards
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Ok.

When I start up, normally, I have complete access to anything and everything in my computer. For example, I want to use photoshop to edit my work. I'm able to open both photoshop and the image. Currently, the image is hidden and I cannot access photoshop either.

In RegEdit it lists COMPUTER
+
-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
- *
-OpenWithList

Under OpenWithList is She'll and SHELLEX
And everything that once was accessible is under the * line
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Also, anything I'd loaded into the computer on the morning if that Tuesday had been removed, via remote access. Am I making sense?
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Kyddco Posts 2 Registration date Sunday December 20, 2015 Status Member Last seen December 20, 2015
Dec 20, 2015 at 08:43 PM
Can I remove "*" and return registry to previous settings?
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Ambucias Posts 47310 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,163 > Kyddco Posts 2 Registration date Sunday December 20, 2015 Status Member Last seen December 20, 2015
Dec 21, 2015 at 04:50 AM
Do not tamper with the registry or you may alter your system

If you wish to clean the registry download, install CCleaner and run the registry tool

https://ccm.net/downloads/security-and-maintenance/4555-ccleaner/
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