Decrypt in Windows without a certificate

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Guys, i had encrypted some snaps in Windows.. But one day my PC crashed and i reinstalled the OS and now when i am trying to view the snaps i m not able to view them coz they are encrypted!! How do i decrypt them?? I tried to uncheck the encrypt thing from properties but doesn't help??

People plz save my photographs!! Help me!!

Copy it to a non NTFS drive. This should solve ur problem. Make sure the username is the same as it was.

Sorry dude U can't thats what Encryption is for .... If you didn't backup the "EFS Private Key" which I m sure U didn't u can't de-encrypt the files.

Check this for more info :
*support.microsoft.com/kb/223316

Guys there has to be some way to do this.. I have a file in a certificates folder which is not .pfx but it is named by a long code.. may be it is a key or it may help?? This is not a certificate though.. Is there anyone who charges for these type of services..? i am ready to pay..

try these brother hopeing it helps you

1. *www.brienposey.com/kb/recovering_encrypted_data.asp
2. www.dnka.com/-decrypt

I had a similar problem sometime back. But I have the simplest solution...
Boot up using the Ubuntu Live CD, access your files, create a copy and voila! No problems....

cheers...

I`ll try that Adit_Sen.. Hope it works..

^^^Hmmmm that's interenting ... something for Microsoft to look into ... Do let us know if this works for you Kumars

Sorry to Bump this up but I was curious if this actually worked or not ?