Re: Unreadable encrypeted file

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"churin" <churin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I found an encrypted file which is not readable now. I know I encrypted it
long times ago but I can not open nor decrypt it. I did not use any third
party encryption software. Could anyone help?

You need to take it to the account you encrypted it with, or import the
certificates exported from that account, or use the designated recovery
agent.

If you can't do any of those things, then bascically nobody can help. The
data can be regarded as lost.

It's very important if you're going to use EFS, to finish the job of and
back up the certificates and store them safely.

This step is optional, and shouldn't be.

Sorry there isn't better news.

HTH
-pk


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