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| | I have never had a problem with tweakxppro 2.0, have always protected files but had a few folders protected on an external harddrive, reinstalled my win XP pro on my notebook... now I can decrypt the folder on the external harddrive (tweakxp tells me that the folders are now unprotected) but cannot access the files themselves... they are AVI files... can still see the thumbnails on the thumbnail view, but no player will play them... any chance on getting back the files? |
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| Welcome to the Forum, abcKnut! 
I'd have to understand how the 'encryption' algorithm is defined to understand whether or not your reinstallation has changed any of the parameters your laptop uses to 'decrypt'. (That's what I think is going on here!). You've 'reinstalled' so it was the same copy of XP Pro that you put on your laptop?
Wait for others to step up to this one -- it's a tricky one, for sure. I'll look around and see what I can find for you.
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| encryption utilizes a key or certificate
this key is unique at all times and cannot be duplicated. It is based off machine data and user data, some of which is almost random.
When you encrypt files you are, ideally, supposed to back up the certificate to a floppy and store it. This way if you reinstall you can use the certificate to "decrypt" the files.
For example:
1. You encrypt a file, you backup the account certificate to a floppy, you reinstall. - this scenario will be easy to regain access.
2. You encrypt a file, you don't backup the cert or lost it, you reinstall the OS. - i like to refer to this as "hosed" or "kaput" 
So.... Do you have the certificate on a floppy or other media?
Are you getting "Access Denied" when trying to open the files? If so, the cert is what you need.
As a note: I would not recommend home users to use encryption unless absolutely necessary. There are better conventions to keep people away from your data.
I don't have questions, I don't have answers, I don't have talent but at least I have fun pretending - Jon Guy, c.2004 |
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| Thanks, XP Guru -- another piece of knowledge I can store in my 'old' hard drive!
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| The encryption feature in tweakxp pro SUCKS! no offense to the developers.
just rename the folder and you have instant access....yes, that easy!
-Maurice O'Neal-
anime-iserver.uni.cc |
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