decorrupt_explorer.sh

#!/bin/sh

# adapt this if your windows directory is not C:\windows
WINFOLDER="windows"

rename_folder()
{
  CORRUPT=$1
  CORRECTED=$2

  echo
  echo Checking for "$BASE"/"$CORRUPT"...
  if [ ! -d "$BASE"/"$CORRUPT" ]; then
    echo "$BASE"/"$CORRUPT" doesn\'t exist. No need to fix.
  else
    if [ -e "$BASE"/"$CORRECTED" ]; then
      echo Hmm, "$BASE"/"$CORRECTED" already exists.
      echo Renaming to "$BASE"/"$CORRECTED".weird...
      mv "$BASE"/"$CORRECTED" "$BASE"/"$CORRECTED".weird
    fi
    echo -n "Correcting "$BASE"/"$CORRUPT" to "$BASE"/"$CORRECTED"... "
    mv "$BASE"/"$CORRUPT" "$BASE"/"$CORRECTED"
    echo OK.
  fi
  echo Finished.
  sleep 1
}

cat << EOF
This script intends to fix folder corruption caused by Windows Explorer
either directly or by having been invoked by other programs such as
Messenger or Internet Explorer.

Affected folders are among others:
C:\Program Files -> C:\!$!$!$!$.pfr
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer -> C:\!$!$!$!$.pfr\!$!$!$!$.ier
C:\Program Files\Outlook Express -> C:\!$!$!$!$.pfr\!$!$!$!$.oer
C:\Windows\Application Data -> C:\Windows\$!$!$!$!.app
C:\Windows\Desktop -> C:\Windows\!$!$!$!$.dsk

Note that this script makes some changes to your data.
I tried to design it as secure as possible, but still: NO WARRANTY !!

And note that in case you've got a localized version of Windows,
this script will rename the corrupted folders to the international naming,
*not* to the naming that your installation had before.
If this is the case, then you might want to choose to not run this script.

And DON'T try to boot into Windows before fixing the damage.
I haven't tried it, but doing so might damage your Windows install
irreparably.

Andreas Mohr

Do you want to execute this script [Y/N] ?
EOF
echo -n "> "
read ans
RES="`echo $ans|tr -d "\r"`"
if [ "$RES" != "y" -a "$RES" != "Y" ]; then
  echo Hmm. Seems like you want to stay corrupted, then \;-\)
  echo Have a nice day !
  exit
fi
echo Please enter the directory location where your Windows partition is mounted:
echo -n "> "
read ans
RES="`echo $ans|tr -d "\r"`"

BASE=$RES

if [ -z "`find "$BASE" -maxdepth 1 -iname "command.com"`" ]; then
  echo Sorry, "$BASE" is not the mount directory of a valid Windows partition. Aborting...
  exit
fi

rename_folder \!\$\!\$\!\$\!\$.pfr Program\ Files
rename_folder Program\ Files/\!\$\!\$\!\$\!\$.acr Program\ Files/Accessories
rename_folder Program\ Files/\!\$\!\$\!\$\!\$.cfr Program\ Files/Common\ Files
rename_folder Program\ Files/\!\$\!\$\!\$\!\$.ier Program\ Files/Internet\ Explorer
rename_folder Program\ Files/Internet\ Explorer/\!\$\!\$\!\$\!\$.cwr Program\ Files/Internet\ Explorer/Connection\ Wizard
rename_folder Program\ Files/\!\$\!\$\!.me Program\ Files/Online\ Services
rename_folder Program\ Files/Online\ Services/\!\$\!\$\!\$.cis Program\ Files/Online\ Services/CompuServe
rename_folder Program\ Files/\!\$\!\$\!\$\!\$.mp2 Program\ Files/Windows\ Media\ Player
rename_folder Program\ Files/\!\$\!\$\!\$\!\$.nmr Program\ Files/NetMeeting
rename_folder Program\ Files/\!\$\!\$\!\$\!\$.oer Program\ Files/Outlook\ Express

rename_folder $WINFOLDER/\$\!\$\!\$\!\$\!.app $WINFOLDER/Application\ Data
rename_folder $WINFOLDER/Application\ Data/\$\!\$\!\$\!.ms $WINFOLDER/Application\ Data/Microsoft
rename_folder $WINFOLDER/\!\$\!\$\!\$\!\$.\$\!\$ $WINFOLDER/Favorites
# dunno what to rename this to
#rename_folder $WINFOLDER/Favorites/\!\$\!\$\!\$\!\$.\$\!\$ $WINFOLDER/Favorites/XXXXX
rename_folder $WINFOLDER/\!\$\!\$\!\$\!\$.dsk $WINFOLDER/Desktop

rename_folder $WINFOLDER/web/\!\$\!\$wall.ie4 $WINFOLDER/web/Wallpaper
rename_folder $WINFOLDER/web/Wallpaper/\!\$\!\$\!\$\!\$.wal $WINFOLDER/web/Wallpaper/Wallpapr.htm
echo
echo Yay, finished. Cross your fingers \! :-\)
#PASTED FROM http://web.archive.org/web/20020211013822/http://home.arcor.de/andi.mohr/download/decorrupt_explorer