Force Decrypting EFS Files


  1. Tokoki
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    Windows 7 Enterprise
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    Force Decrypting EFS Files


    Here's my situation.

    Was using EFS on my Vista laptop - had a backup of my certificate.

    HD crashed...managed to recover some of my files (Encrypted) - but they "lost" the "Encrypted" attribute in the process.

    I'm now on my new Windows 7 Enterprise laptop - imported my old Vista EFS certificate...I have my files on a USB drive, but as I mentioned, Windows doesn't see them as being Encrypted...so I can't decrypt them.

    Is there a way to either force the Encrypt attribute to be set, so that I'll then be able to decrypt them...or to force-decrypt them manually?

    Thx!
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  3. Carolyn
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    Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
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    Give this a try
    encryption - Decrypt EFS files - Super User

    This utility says it can do what you need, but it's not free
    Decrypt and recover files protected with the Encrypting File System (EFS)
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