PDF creation - deleted file?

I've just come back from my hols to find that that clever d*ick who covered for me decided to do a little housekeeping and delete a few PDFs. Unfortunately, that also ruined InDesign's ability to create PDFs any more - obviously it went as far as binning system files as well!!!
He has since been caned but I'm trying to find out what files I need to retrieve and where from. Time Machine will have it all on backup, but whenever I try to create a PDF, I select the preset, select export and it says 'Cannot open resource file'.
I don't particularly want to re-install the lot again, particularly since it's been updated since it was first installed. Anyone got any ideas? Currently I'm having to export as EPS to Distiller, but it means I have to put manual crops on all my files...

Deleting a few PDFs by itself cannot
ruin InDesign's ability to create PDFs any more. Other files must have been moved or deleted.
You should attempt to fully reinstall InDesign.
- Dov

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