I organized all my files into folders then went to organize them and now all the folder contents are stacked on top of the folders on the desktop. How do I fix it?

I Spent hours organize items into individual folders, then thought I hit arrange by name but now all the contents of the folders are on my desktop on top of the folders they were in...how can I get the contents back in the folders?

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