Encrypted files

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I had set some files to be encrypted. They were backed up and since
then I've had to restore them from a system crash. Now I cannot access
the files because the backups are encrypted. Is there any way of
decrypting the files or am I SOL? Thanks.

 

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Try use administrator domain account to decript the files. By desig this
account is a Recovery Agent and has rights to remove encription of domain
files.
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Danilo Bordini - MVP Windows Server - Directory Services



"copyco" wrote:

> I had set some files to be encrypted. They were backed up and since
> then I've had to restore them from a system crash. Now I cannot access
> the files because the backups are encrypted. Is there any way of
> decrypting the files or am I SOL? Thanks.
>

 

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I tried that but when I uncheck the option (file attribute) "Encrypt
contents to secure data," I get an error message saying "Error applying
attributes to file...Access is denied." This happens whether I'm on the
Administrator account or not.


Danilo Bordini [MVP] wrote:
> Try use administrator domain account to decript the files. By desig this
> account is a Recovery Agent and has rights to remove encription of domain
> files.