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Access Denied for encrypted files

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by bobby1041

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Hey everyone!
I have encrypted files on my computer that I encrypted myself and just today I started getting access denied when trying to open any of my encrypted files. Keep in mind that I am the Administrator of my computer. Already tried to change the attributes to not encrypt the file and won't let me do that either. Any help would be great

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by khuffmanjr

are you using an account that is in the administrators group, or are logging in with the "administrator" account?

is your computer a member of a domain, or is it in a workgroup?
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if your computer is not in a domain, the local administratoraccount should be able to unencrypt the files.

if your computer is in a domain, the domain administrator will be able to unencrypt the files. you must simply back the files up and restore the backup to the domain controller(s) that has the domain recovery agent. the domain administrator can then unencrypt the files.

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