Re: $$ Help $$ - can't view pictures in Private Folder



Cauchy wrote:

Hi Malke

The problem is after the action I have mentioned, the picture can't be
viewed in Private Folder on PC B, and neither can they be viewed if I copy
them from Private Folder to another normal folder.

I want to recover my pictures...

Review whatever documentation came with Private Folder. Presumably it
provided some method of backing up your encryption key. Presumably you did
so. If you encrypted these files and didn't back up your encryption key,
then your files are forever inaccessible and you might as well delete them
and restore from backup. No unencrypted backup available? A sad lesson
learned which has two parts:

1. If you are going to use encryption, really understand how it works and
how you will restore the encrypted files - including backing up the
encryption keys.

2. Make regular backups of your data.

I'm sorry for your loss.

Malke
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