Like I said, doing a system restore wasn't needed at all
Just restarting your PC will most likely fixed it as the virtual link, the thing you deleted, is (re)created automatically.
Using system restore points without the knowledge of they do can be very harmfull!!! (another "
Let's make another 'user friendly' feature for common people to screw up there PC" feature).
System restore points are meant for big fix ups, like system crashes etc. Not for restoring a simple small thing. System restore points store valueble and crucial data of your PC (eg: system registry) and settings for you account (eg: C:\Documents and Settings) and some stuff from the Windows directories....
This means that any change will be overwritten if you restore a System restore point!!!! Hence it should not be used for common easy fixes as you will loose any recent data, changes, etc... (of course, if you're 100% sure you didn't change, install or removed anything you could use it)
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Originally posted by inc_haydn
You say you accidently deleted it in XP pro, this isnt the easiest thing to do
on a healthy system that is...... one small change in the registry can make it very well possible to delete it; it is after all just a (virtual) folder. But this change isn't meant for the 'common' user only for the 'advanced' who should know what he/she is doing.
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