I can't turn off the encryption of some files

I can't turn the encryption off of a bunch of files I
created, using various programs over the last three
months. I had to reset my password (per the prompting of
the settings in XP) and now I can't access the files I
created during the last three months, because most of
them were encrypted. How can I remove the encryption
without the correct certificates/keys? I have tried
cipher, but with no success. Can anyone help? I have a
lot of work that will be otherwise lost if I don't get it
figured out.

Thanks!

Without the key, the files are, and will remain, unusable. You should have
investigated file encryption more thoroughly before you implemented it. You
would have know to export your "key" to a safe (and secure) backup
location - or many!

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Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)


"Josh" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I can't turn the encryption off of a bunch of files I
> created, using various programs over the last three
> months. I had to reset my password (per the prompting of
> the settings in XP) and now I can't access the files I
> created during the last three months, because most of
> them were encrypted. How can I remove the encryption
> without the correct certificates/keys? I have tried
> cipher, but with no success. Can anyone help? I have a
> lot of work that will be otherwise lost if I don't get it
> figured out.
>
> Thanks!