Help! I used "Take Ownership" on "C:\Program Files" folder and it deleted a lot of my personal files

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Hello!I really messed up!I was having trouble installing a program on "Program Files" so I decided to run "Take Ownership" on it.It ran for a while before I stopped it, but the damage was done.Somehow, in the process, a lot of my personal files (pictures, videos, pdfs, word and xlsx docs) were deleted, and file and folder icons were reverted to default.Already did "system restore" to two days ago and those files were not restored.The file and folder icons reverted back to how they were, though (it's something).What can I do?!?Thank you for the helpNuno T

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