Restore Active Directory Users with LDP.exe step by step

Open command prompt in elevated mode as follows.

Go to Start > Right click Command Prompt > Select Run as Administrator as shown below.

Figure 1.1 : Open Command Prompt in elevated mode.

Figure 1.2 : Type ldp.exe and then press enter

Figure 2.1 : Click on connect

Figure 2.2 : Type the server name with which you want to connect. In our scenario its DC1.

Click on OK.

Figure 3.1 : Click on Bind

Figure 3.2 : Bind as currently logged on user (Default). Click ok.

Figure 4.1 : Select Options in the menu bar and then select Controls.

Figure 4.2 : Option to select.

In figure 4.2 please select “Return deleted objects” in the drop down menu as shown above.

Figure 5.1 : Select Tree

Go to view and Select “Tree” and select the option as listed below.

Figure 5.2 : In BaseDN Select Domain Partition.

Figure 6.1 : Click Modify

In Figure 6.1 navigate to Deleted Objects container and locate the Deleted Objects which was deleted. Right click and then select Modify.

Figure 6.2 : Modify the selected object.

In figure 6.2 type “isDeleted” and under Operation select Delete and then press Enter as shown above.

Figure 6.3 : Changing the DN.

In figure 6.3 type distinguishedName and in the Values type the original DN of the object. In our case it is “CN=Sunder,OU=All Company Users,DC=MSEXCHANGETEAM,DC=IN”. Select the check box Extended without fail.

Under Operation select Replace and again press Enter. And finally click Run.

Object restored successfully.

Figure 7.1 : Object restored Successfully.