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Advanced EFS Data Recovery solved the problem.
Thank God, Nihil and CybertecOne
Now I have a copy of that folder. It searched for all the stored keys and decrypted the files into a new folder but it was not clear which key it used.
I would be probably thinking of a way to delete the original folder after the final exams
Obviously, I have to buy my software, but it is nice to know that the trial version was not so disabled as to not do the job.
Good luck with your exams!
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If you cannot do someone any good: don't do them any harm....
As long as you did this to one of these, the least of my little ones............you did it unto Me.
Glad you found a solution to your problem boyboy400. Something similar happend to a system I was working on and I was able to access the files from the builtin Administrator Account. To enable this account, go to a CMD Shell and type:
net user administrator /active:yes
Now you can log out and you'll have Administrator on the account page. Click it to log in, there is no password by default. Then you can see if you have access to the original files, Take Ownership, etc. To disable the account again type:
net user administrator /active:no
from your own account in a shell. Just thought I would share, most people don't know about this. Have Phun!!!
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Glad you found a solution to your problem boyboy400. Something similar happend to a system I was working on and I was able to access the files from the builtin Administrator Account. To enable this account, go to a CMD Shell and type:
net user administrator /active:yes
Now you can log out and you'll have Administrator on the account page. Click it to log in, there is no password by default. Then you can see if you have access to the original files, Take Ownership, etc. To disable the account again type:
net user administrator /active:no
from your own account in a shell. Just thought I would share, most people don't know about this. Have Phun!!!
Wazz, boyboy mentioned that he tried to access the file from the admin account but had no luck. As it turns out, the issue was not with folder permissions but some wonky issue with encryption or corruption.