How to recover original file names?

Hi! Please help me.
I accidentally changed the names of the videos I was using for Adobe Premiere. So now whenever I open the Adobe Premiere file, all the videos are gone and replaced with a red "media offline" screen. Is there any way I can recover the original file names without having to do it manually one by one?
I've tried going back to the restore point but it's not working. I can't locate it one by one too because I don't remember which video is which.
I've already edited around 50 videos in that project so it would take me a loooot of time to do it all over again. :((
Hope you can help me.

If I understand you correctly, you changed the name of the file in Windows and do not remember what the file names used to be. You edited these in Premiere Pro, and now the project files you have created do not know where to find the video files.
Is that correct?
If so, I have what may be a simple solution for you.
Assuming you are not maxing out each file so they are all exactly the same duration, the number of minutes and seconds and frames ought to get you where you want to go. Almost as unique as a fingerprint on my PC, but I never capture a bunch of videos that are identical in duration - although it is possible to do so, I suppose.
Open a project file. Checking the properties of each file should reveal theoriginal file name as well as the duration, which is also available right on the thumbnail image (see the image below). Then open the Media Browser and look at the durations on each clip. This should be enough to help you either relink, or change the name in Windows back to what it was originally. This is still one at a time, but it should not take too long. A pen and paper might help with 50 videos.

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