Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Why does my computer tell me I can't open a file that I know I should be able to access?

Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 both include the Encrypted File System (EFS).If you have NTFS permissions to a file that another user has encrypted, you will receive an "access is denied" error.
To determine whether a file is encrypted, perform the following steps to enable the view attributes option in Windows Explorer:
1. Start Windows Explorer.
2. From the View menu, select Details.
3. Select the Attributes option, and click OK.
If a file has an E attribute, that file is encrypted. Only the user who encrypted the file or the recovery agent user can decrypt the file.

No comments: