Hidden shortcuts/items - How do you get them back?

Errr, it's not SUPPOSED to be human readable, but as it's only an XML file, a number of freeware tools exist to enable you to read it easily.

Don't use a hammer to crack a nut (or notepad to read XML). Choose the right tool for the job and things go smoothly...

you sure it's in xml?
i thought xml files all have the format:
<?xml version="..."?>
<whatever>
...
</whatever>

THIS is much more readable.

Again, maybe Yuri rewrote the tlbdata file in xml after the original 2.2 release, so you and I may be seeing different thing. dont know