Windows 10: How to decrypt EFS encrypted Files and Folders in Windows 10

The EFS or Encrypting File System is a component of the legendary NTFS (New Technology File System). It is available on Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional (Not Home Basic), Windows Server 2003 and newer operating system iterations from Microsoft. It [...]

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Can I recover encrypted files with EFS without having key.pfx file ?

Hi Michael,

The Encrypting File System (EFS) is a built-in encryption tool for Windows. It is used to encrypt files and folders on your computer. You can reverse the encryption to access your files again. To decrypt folders, follow the steps below:

• Right-click the folder or file, then click Properties.
• Click the General tab, then click Advanced.
• Uncheck the Encrypt contents to secure data checkbox.
• If you are decrypting folders, select the option Apply changes to this folder, subfolder and files.
• Click OK, then click OK again to exit the window.

Let us know if the solution above works for you.

 

Decrypt files encrypted with efs system

Hi,

on my Workstation at office I've encrypted some files with efs system on Windows 8.1.

Then I've transfered these files on a share on our fileserver.

Several time after this, my Workstation crash so i run a clean install of Windows 10. My Workstation was connected on AD when on Windows 8.1 and it's connected on the same AD now. I've got always the identical AD account to connect on my pc and to connect
to shared folders.

But now when I'm trying to open encrypted files, it's says me that I haven't access to these files.

I can't find my key file to decrypt them. But I suppose there is a method to decrypt them if I crypt them with AD account and I'm trying to open them with the same identically account.

Could you help me?

 

Decrypt Files and Folders with EFS in Windows 10


Command:
Code: fsutil behavior set disableencryption 1[/quote] Disabling EFS does not decrypt files, a user might want to decrypt them to be able to access them after reinstall.
Code: cipher /d /s:C:\[/quote] Decrypt Files and Folders with EFS in Windows 10 Security System Tutorials