Re: Office XP Encryption Problem
- From: "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 22:59:12 -0500
HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421
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"MC" wrote:
| Running Office XP, on Windows XP Pro.
| I recently formatted my PC and did a fresh install of Windows. After
| restoring my files and data, some, but not all, of my Word documents weren't
| allowing me access. I am receiving an error that says "Word cannot open the
| document: user does not have access privileges."
| Unbeknownst to me, some of my files were encrypted. And so when they were
| backed up, so was the encryption. So of course it follows that once they are
| restored they are still locked.
| My first question: is there any way possible to get these various files
| opened? They are documents of varying importance to me and being able to
| access them would be a huge time saver for me.
| And my other question: how on Earth did these docs become encrypted in the
| first place? I know for a fact that I didn't encrypt them. None of these
| files are of a nature that would require this. For example, I have a Word
| doc on my desktop, labeled "Fax". It is simply a fax template I use when
| faxing documents, and so I keep it handy. No need to secure it.
| Another example: I have a folder on my desktop which includes a variety of
| files in it. Word docs, PDF files, and saved emails. These files are all
| related to a web site being built for a business. Pages of text,
| correspondence between myself and the site designer, etc. None of these
| require encryption for security purposes, but having access to them is
| important to me, to say the least.
| Again, I know I didn't consciously encrypt this folder and the files within.
| Heck, I wouldn't even know how to encrypt a saved email.
| Can anyone help me get these files back?? Thank you.
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