If the object was deleted more than the tombstone lifetime ago (default 180 days, but often reduced in older domains), AdRestoreNet will show the object but restoration will fail with "Object not found." Solution: Increase tombstone lifetime via ADSI Edit before deletion occurs (proactive). For older deletions, consider authoritative restore from System State backup.

—with one condition. Keep the original adrestore.exe in your toolkit for scripting, but for day-to-day emergency restores, AdRestoreNet is a massive quality-of-life improvement.