Recovering EFS Files

From: "Sygnosys" <claudio.albuquerque@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 14 Dec 2005 07:09:48 -0800

Hi
When upgrading my email certs the cert regarding EFS was removed.
Now I simply can't access the encrypted files.
Imagining that the cert might have been deleted I recovered a deleted
file from the
\Documents and Settings\.....\SystemCertificates\My\Certificates. The
file I recovered has the same name has the thumb print that is
mentioned on the file properties efs details. I copied it to this
location but still I can't access the files.

Can anyone help me recover the files?

Please don't tell me that I need to backup my certs after applying efs
or anything like that. I'm aware of it and that's not the problem right
now.

Hope you can help :)
Cláudio Albuquerque

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