decrypting files

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Hi everyone
I just got started with windows xp proff edition.
However i cannot decrypt some files i saved onto floppy disk from
windows millenium edition. the files that were saved were encrypted .
should i have decrypted them before i put them onto disk? Other files
that were not encrypted are fine and i now have them on xp. Can anyone
help me, i'm not to clever on pc's but i can follow instructions if
they are clear .
How do i decrypt them or can i decrypt them, are they lost forever?

anyone help ? Thanks


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yorkshire man

 

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Windows ME does not have encryption capability.
If the files were encrypted, you used a 3rd party program to encrypt them
and you should use the same program to decrypt them.

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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
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"yorkshire man" <yorkshire.man.1k3x1m@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
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>
> Hi everyone
> I just got started with windows xp proff edition.
> However i cannot decrypt some files i saved onto floppy disk from
> windows millenium edition. the files that were saved were encrypted .
> should i have decrypted them before i put them onto disk? Other files
> that were not encrypted are fine and i now have them on xp. Can anyone
> help me, i'm not to clever on pc's but i can follow instructions if
> they are clear .
> How do i decrypt them or can i decrypt them, are they lost forever?
>
> anyone help ? Thanks
>
>
> --
> yorkshire man