Files On My Computer Have Become Encrypted, How Do I Undo This?

[Redfella]

Hi,

I have files on my computer that i have been using for a long time now. Work that i have produced, but now it says some of these files are encrypted when i go to open the file it says unlock from the properties section but this doesnt work. I cant really afford to loose this work, what can i do??

 

[dyserq]

Can you still open the file or is it password portected ? If you can still open it, the file simply has the 'encrypted' attribute ticked in the file properties

 

[Redfella]

I cant open the files, i have alsorts of files like word documents and jpegs and it says i dont have access to them. There is nowhere to enter a password. I can see it has the encrypted attribute on but when i try to take it off it says access denied.. But i didnt encrypt these files so i dunno whats going on..

 

[mammikoura]

are u logged in with the admin rights?

 

[Redfella]

Yes i am logged in as admin cause there is no other to log into i never set it up. So when i switch on the computer it starts straight up.

 

[Dishdog]

maybe try safemode?