"Access denied" on encrypted files after reinstall

From: Alfio Lupo (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/19/04 

Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 08:24:56 -0700

Hi,

due to a strange system behaviour (e.g. some apps refusing
to uninstall), I decided to re-install Windows 2000 over
itself. I had done it previosly without any harm to the
installed software.

This time, though, I had an encrypted (EFS) folder. After
reinstallation, any attempts to access files in that folder
end up with an "access denied" error.

I've already tried to export my EFS recovery certificate to
another machine and to copy the encrypted folder there
(using ntbackup), still I get the same error.

Am I missing something? Is there any way out of this
situation? Any help would be appreciated... needless to
say, those files where quite important...

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Alfio

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