Can I replace a folder with the files it had in it a few hours ago with Time Machine?

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Published on 2012-10-17T22:13:59Z Indexed on 2012/10/17 23:05 UTC
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I messed up a folder (or the files in that folder) and I want to restore them from a few hours ago. I tried to use Time-Machine to "restore" and it prompts me with where to restore to. I want to restore all files in that directory to the state they were in before. How do I do this? Don't tell me I have to manually replace each file.

Edit: It looks like I can restore a folder. The operation can’t be completed because the item “eclipse” is in use.

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