I'm hoping somebody here can point me in the right direction. I work at a
small nonprofit where we manage our IT needs with the equivalent know-how of
chewing gum and duct tape.

A few weeks ago, someone in our office encrypted a few Excel spreadsheets
and folders using the right-click, Properties, Advanced. Encrypt function.
Now nobody, including that person, knows how to un-encrypt them. I've been
tasked with trying to figure it out.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Jason,

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308993/en-us
How To Remove File Encryption in Windows XP

Jim Cone
San Francisco, USA
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"Jason"
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I'm hoping somebody here can point me in the right direction. I work at a
small nonprofit where we manage our IT needs with the equivalent know-how of
chewing gum and duct tape.

A few weeks ago, someone in our office encrypted a few Excel spreadsheets
and folders using the right-click, Properties, Advanced. Encrypt function.
Now nobody, including that person, knows how to un-encrypt them. I've been
tasked with trying to figure it out.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Jim,

Thanks for replying. I posted more about this over he
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...=en-us&m=1&p=1

We figured out how to fix about half the files, but the other half are still
giving us problems. When I try looking at their Advanced Attributes
Properties, I get this error message: "EFSADU - Unable to
find the user information for the file." The following screen lists no data
for Encryption Details.

Any clue why this might have happened, or how to work around it?

Jason,
I can't help you, don't have the knowledge.
Good luck.
Jim Cone
San Francisco, USA

"Jason"
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Jim,
Thanks for replying. I posted more about this over he
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...=en-us&m=1&p=1
We figured out how to fix about half the files, but the other half are still
giving us problems. When I try looking at their Advanced Attributes
Properties, I get this error message: "EFSADU - Unable to
find the user information for the file." The following screen lists no data
for Encryption Details.
Any clue why this might have happened, or how to work around it?