Windows 7 encrypted file ?!

[onisuk]

Am i totally screwed ??! i had a spread sheet on my old hdd and i stupidly did the file properties/encrypt option (the file name went green) i have just got a new ssd and have installed windows 7 back on it..... now my excel file wont open !!! am i without hope ??

or can this be fixed, as i could sure do with the info in the spread sheet !!!!

 

[Ztruker]

Do you still have the original drive? If so, reinstall and boot from it then decrypt the file.

 

[GEWB]

If you have the original drive, as Rich replied, start there.

However, DuckDuckGo or Google are your friends: search for "how to decrypt an excel file" and check the first six or eight returns (found some good stuff).

Regards,
GEWB

 

[logicearth]

Unless you have the key which is part of the old windows installation and user account. The file is good as gone.