Encrypt Decrypt missing from context menu

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Ronald

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 said:
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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Encrypted by WHAT?
 
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
 
Thanks Alan but it does not decrypt my already encrypted files. It can only
encrypt again that way (and that works indeed).
 
Thanks Alan but it does not decrypt my already encrypted files. It
can only encrypt again that way (and that works indeed).
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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
 
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

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Ronald

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Caroline said:
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!
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Another web forum/newsgroup synchronization...

Here's the full conversation from December 2008:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics/browse_frm/thread/2d37fbc1f72b939a

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?
 
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