NTFS File Encryption Question

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I have a USB removeable hard drive with two partitions, one FAT and one NTFS. Being very concerned about the security of the files stored on this device, I turned on file encrytpion for many files and folders, and those files and folders are now shown as "green" entries, which I've never used before.

And I can read those files just fine on the computer on which I made them.

Now, however, I wanted to be able to read those with my laptop, so I thought I would export the encryption keys to a ".pfx" file, which I did and put on the FAT partition, protected with a password.

Now I put the USB drive on my notebook, and I click on the .pfx certificate file, and I "import" the certificate, telling it that I want a password to be required every time the certificate is used, and everything seems to go well.

But when I try to open up an encrypted document on this drive on my notebook, I am still denied access.

What do I need to do to be able to access these files on my laptop?
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