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Encrypt Decrypt missing from context menu
Hi,
A slight panic just came over me. I have encrypted files, you know SD_ etc and the context menu does not display 'decrypt' anymore. Anyone a good idea to solve this? Thanks in advance. -- Ronald |
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Encrypt Decrypt missing from context menu
Ronald wrote:
Hi, A slight panic just came over me. I have encrypted files, you know SD_ etc and the context menu does not display 'decrypt' anymore. Anyone a good idea to solve this? Thanks in advance. Encrypted by WHAT? |
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Encrypt Decrypt missing from context menu
The context menu doesn't directly display 'decrypt'.
To decrypt a file or folder Open Windows Explorer. Right-click the encrypted file or folder, and then click Properties. On the General tab, click Advanced. Clear the Encrypt contents to secure data check box. ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.com/index.htm On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:09:23 +0100, in microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics, "Ronald" wrote: Hi, A slight panic just came over me. I have encrypted files, you know SD_ etc and the context menu does not display 'decrypt' anymore. Anyone a good idea to solve this? Thanks in advance. |
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Encrypt Decrypt missing from context menu
Thanks Alan but it does not decrypt my already encrypted files. It can only
encrypt again that way (and that works indeed). -- Ronald "Alan Edwards" wrote in message ... The context menu doesn't directly display 'decrypt'. To decrypt a file or folder Open Windows Explorer. Right-click the encrypted file or folder, and then click Properties. On the General tab, click Advanced. Clear the Encrypt contents to secure data check box. ...Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.com/index.htm On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:09:23 +0100, in microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics, "Ronald" wrote: Hi, A slight panic just came over me. I have encrypted files, you know SD_ etc and the context menu does not display 'decrypt' anymore. Anyone a good idea to solve this? Thanks in advance. |
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Encrypt Decrypt missing from context menu
Thanks Alan but it does not decrypt my already encrypted files. It
can only encrypt again that way (and that works indeed). Are you certain they were created by XP? Try opening them with WinZip or any other zip program; it might explain sometning, especially if XP didn't create them, or there is an error in them. XP can only work with "legacy" zip files so if they were created as anything else, XP won't be able to handle them. When you again encrypt, I assume you can then decrypt that back to the original? Twayne "Alan Edwards" wrote in message ... The context menu doesn't directly display 'decrypt'. To decrypt a file or folder Open Windows Explorer. Right-click the encrypted file or folder, and then click Properties. On the General tab, click Advanced. Clear the Encrypt contents to secure data check box. ...Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.com/index.htm On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:09:23 +0100, in microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics, "Ronald" wrote: Hi, A slight panic just came over me. I have encrypted files, you know SD_ etc and the context menu does not display 'decrypt' anymore. Anyone a good idea to solve this? Thanks in advance. |
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Decrypt button no longer exists
Hi Ronald, this is a few months down the track from the problem you posted but I would really like to know if you ever resolved it because I am having the same problem now!
Cheers Ronald wrote: Encrypt Decrypt missing from context menu 19-Dec-08 Hi, A slight panic just came over me. I have encrypted files, you know SD_ etc and the context menu does not display 'decrypt' anymore. Anyone a good idea to solve this? Thanks in advance. -- Ronald EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice WPF DataGrid Custom Paging and Sorting http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...tom-pagin.aspx |
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Decrypt button no longer exists
Hi Ronald, this is a few months down the track from the problem you posted but I would really like to know if you ever resolved it because I am having the same problem now!
Cheers Ronald wrote: Encrypt Decrypt missing from context menu 19-Dec-08 Hi, A slight panic just came over me. I have encrypted files, you know SD_ etc and the context menu does not display 'decrypt' anymore. Anyone a good idea to solve this? Thanks in advance. -- Ronald EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice WPF DataGrid Custom Paging and Sorting http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...tom-pagin.aspx |
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Decrypt button no longer exists
Caroline Chapman wrote:
Hi Ronald, this is a few months down the track from the problem you posted but I would really like to know if you ever resolved it because I am having the same problem now! Another web forum/newsgroup synchronization... Here's the full conversation from December 2008: http://groups.google.com/group/micro...37fbc1f72b939a Does anything in the full original posting help? Are you sure you utilized Windows to encrypt the data? Did you follow the best practices for EFS if you did use it? Did you have to perform a clean installation, parallel installation or repair installation on your machine and/or did you change your password recently? -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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Decrypt button no longer exists
Caroline Chapman wrote: Hi Ronald, this is a few months down the track from the problem you posted but I would really like to know if you ever resolved it because I am having the same problem now! Another web forum/newsgroup synchronization... Here's the full conversation from December 2008: http://groups.google.com/group/micro...37fbc1f72b939a Does anything in the full original posting help? Are you sure you utilized Windows to encrypt the data? Did you follow the best practices for EFS if you did use it? Did you have to perform a clean installation, parallel installation or repair installation on your machine and/or did you change your password recently? -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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