decrypt help...

sorry if this has been asked (repeatedly?), but running into a problem
decrypting some files and i'm seeking help.

the details: i'm running xp pro 32-bit edition on a compaq athlon64. i
installed the customer preview version of xp pro 64bit, but in doing so, i
changed my user name and deleted the old user-name account. the problem, of
course, is that i had encrypted some files with that old user account. i've
created a recovery agent since, and have located (i think) the old
certificate and key in the recycler folder. i've tried importing the
certificate (with the system telling me it has imported it, and showing it
as available to the user-named account i had deleted). but i still can't
access the files.

the question: how do i use the "old" certificate and key combo to
unlock/decrypt the files, since i've already deleted the old user account? i
had thought i could just import the cert/key into my current admin-privilege
account and, voila, open the files. no such luck. i still get the "access
denied" error message.

thanks for any help, and, again, sorry if this has been posted to death.

kevin


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