Trashed plists to fix the problem 'Your network settings have been changed

What is the easiest way to get back the plists that I trashed when following advice on how to fix :Your network settings have been changed.

Drag them out of the trash and put them back to the place from which you dragged them to the trash. If you emptied the the trash they are basically gone (unless you want to go to the excessive step of file recovery with $100 software and a spare empty drive). By the way, they are automatically created again with default settings when you invoke features that need them so it's not like you have a hole in your computer file collection.

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