Windows 10: Lock Icon after moving Bitlocker files.

Hi, I had some folders and files in a drive which were locked by Bitlocker. I did a re-install of my Windows 10 to add a SSD. During this, i just opened the the bitlocker drive with password and moved those files to an external drive(I did not decrypt them before moving). Now, all those moved files and folders have lock icon on them (as in the above image) and i can't open them. I still have my Bitlocker password.

Is there any way to restore them or are there any software available to restore them ?

your help is much apreciated

Thanks
Ajith

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Bitlocker Resume Problem

I have Paused Bitlocker during encryption on my USB Hard drive and after trying to resume it warns The device is not ready. The HDD is now locked with BitLocker, stucked at 16.5% data processed and BitLocker
refuses to continue. I have tried all the ways through CMD or PowerShell. but still the problem exist. Please Help as I have my important files on it.

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What does a yellow exclamation mark over the C Drive on a Surface Pro 3 with Windows 10 in Devices and Drives mean?

Here are the different icon adornments for hard drives that may appear

Adornment
Meaning

Windows logo (may be combined with other adornments)
System drive.

Locked padlock
BitLocker locked: Volume is inaccessible.

Unlocked padlock
BitLocker on: Drive is encrypted and keys are protected.

Unlocked padlock with yellow warning triangle
BitLocker is suspended: Drive is encrypted but everyone has access. This icon is also used to indicate the BitLocker is pre-provisioned.

 

BitLocker works on entire drives, not individual files. That looks like the EFS icon.

What happens when you try to open the file? What do the file attributes say?

 

Thanks for your reply!!
When i try to open, it says "It looks like you don't have permission to view this file. Check the permission and try again."

 

Try taking ownership of the files - Change Owner of File, Folder, Drive, or Registry Key in Windows 10 Windows 10 Tutorials

However, it looks like the files are EFS encrypted. Click on Properties->General->Advanced->Details and see who has access to it.

 

I have tried that. I have logged into the PC with the account displayed in the owner name. Still the attribute detail doesn't show anything.

 

That's interesting - the Encrypted attribute is set but there's no decryption information associated with the file.

How did you move the files from the old drive to the external drive?