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Encrypted files in Windows 10

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I had Windows 10 64-bit installed on my laptop;
Then I encrypted my files

After several months I had to reinstall my Windows, but now the files and folders I encrypted do not open and the error does not allow access

What do I need to do to access my files?

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Hi @MohsenEbi-8665 ,

how did you encrypt the files? "Bitlocker Drive Encryption"? Or maybe with the "Encrypting File System (EFS)".


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Encrypting file with , Encrypting File System (EFS)

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Thanks to all the friends for their answers

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If you lose access to your encrypted files and folders, you will not be able to open them again unless you are able to restore your file encryption certificate and key used with EFS.
Therefore, if you do not have the certificate backed up, you have lost your files.


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Is it possible to recover EFS certificate key using data recovery software?

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We must have a backup then we could recover it, if you never backup EFS certificate, how to recover a nonexistent thing?
Maybe you could use some software to decrypt/recover your data, but i don't think you could recover EFS certificate key.

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Can you introduce software to decrypt/recover my files?

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