Recovery of encrypted files

[Mick]

I am a windows 2000 user.

I encrypted some files in the past while I logged on a
specific user account. Because of server crash, I had to
delete the specific account. I forgot about the
encrypted files.

Now, I obviously cannot open the encrypted files because
I am no longer able to log on the specific user account.

I know if I log on Administrator account, I can recover
decode the encrypted files because the Administrator
account is the recovery agent. However, for some reason,
I deleted the Administrator account some time in the past.

I did not back up certificates from the specific user
account nor the Administrator account.

Because I am still using the same computer, I believe
that the certificates should be saved somewhere in the
computer. If I can find them, I think I can export the
certificates to the current user account so that I can
successfully open the encrypted files.

Please help.


Mick

 

[Andrew Hodes]

I don't believe that the certificate would be stored elsewhere other than
the user's profile.