I've encrypted a file with just regular windows encryption when I was using Win7RC. I've install the RTM since then and I noticed now that I can't open a file I encrypted back then... I tried googling, though with no luck. All I found was the fact that I should have export the password/key whatever before reinstalling Windows.
Alas I'm here, wondering if there is a way to decrypt it?
What encryption are we talking about? Since it's a file, i'm assuming it's not BitLocker.
Right click -> Properties -> Advanced -> Encrypt contents to secure file
Not unless you exported your key.
Or your computer is in a Active Directory.
Otherwise it's not very effective encryption, yeah.
Isn't there any program or something to decrypt it? I thought this thing uses pretty easy to crack encryption... Unless I'm very wrong.
Probably not, the point is to make it secure.
Not it was not bitlocker he was using.
But: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encrypting_File_System[/url]
And if you use Win XP or higher it use AES Encryption.
You're pretty much screwed.
The whole point of encryption is to prevent other people from accessing the file. Right now, it sees you as a different person.
You're not going to crack AES.
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