Windows 10: EFS Certificate

If I upgraded to windows 10 from 7 did my EFS certificate upgrade and if so where do I find it so I can use it in my backup and also so I can get into my files that were encrypted?

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Create a EFS certificate

Hello my name is Bradford and I'm an Independent Advisor for the Microsoft Community and I will try to resolve your problem with manually creating an EFS.

Below, is a tutorial on how to create a new EFSDRA Certificate so that you can recover the files from the encrypted drive and how to then use that certificate to recover data.

I apologize that this process is rather complex but the Microsoft tutorial is rather detailed:

Tutorial Link :

Please let me know if this helps

 

EFS Certificate issue!!!!

I had the same issue. I'd encrypted some files using EFS. I did a clean install of Windows 10, forgot to migrate the previous certificate (it doesn't do this by default) almost resigned to the fact that all my encrypted migrated files where locked forever. All I'd done was import the WRONG certificate, one of three I had backed-up on an external drive (.pfx). Check the "thumbprint" (details/properties tab) of the files you EFS encrypted and can't open, against all Certificates you've created (saved externally or imported to your Personal store in Cert Mgr, must have passwords too) - hopefully you'll find a match. Good luck.

 

Create a EFS certificate

Sorry about that, this link: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/securi...