Restoring original folder structure after diskwarrior recovery

I restored my Macbook Pro, Maverics 10.9.4, after a protocol error, with Diskwarrior.
All the recovered files were scattered out in 835 different folders under a folder called "Rescued Items" together with a whole line of "temp" and "iNode" files.
So my question is whether it is possible to restore the original structure automatically, before I start sorting out the several thousand files manually.
Hope somebody out there have some usefull knowledge!
Kind Regards

kraderchak wrote:
-after changing and looking at the "get info" of the folder it used to allow me to click edit then undo icon change, but since i have restarted my computer it doesn't say that anymore. so i have no idea how to change them back.
Select the icon in the "Get Info" window & then "Cut" from the Edit menu.

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