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by sayir

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please help.
I keep getting the message "Windows cannot find specified device, path or file.You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item"
i copied the file to desktop,checked the permission,logged as an administrator but still no happy. the file is an exe.
please help.

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by bhatnagar_nitin9

file is encrypted. Try to decrypt it by right clicking on it. If it still throws some error, tell me the error. either your machine is disabled for encryption or your encryption key is not valid.

by sue_yurt

I am also having this problem trying to open an .exe file, Windows gives the error:
"windows cannot access the specified device, path or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item."

I have tried right-clicking and can access the properties, there is nothing that I can find that indicates it's encrypted (unless I just don't know where to look). Can easily change the properties, but still can't run the file (same error).

running Windows Vista - can anyone help?

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