Joe......Why was it necessary to do a system restore?
That may be important in finding your problem.
you mentioned "quick projects".........have you ran a search for any files or folders called that.........including hidden files. What operating system are you using. The other thing is AOL........have you tried running this past their techs? There seems to be a wack of people with AOL problems recently.
I think a bit more info would help......
dl65