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3 Ways to Fix: The Specified File Could Not Be Decrypted
Easy-to-follow solutions for quick troubleshooting
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Updated onOctober 7, 2024
updated onOctober 7, 2024
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Many reported gettingThe specified file could not be decryptedmessage. This presents a significant problem, especially when decrypting previouslyencrypted fileswith EFS(Encrypting File System)feature.
The most common causes of this error are the absence of appropriate permissions to decrypt the file and a missing certificate – which happens when the file was encrypted on another computer.
Here’s how to fix it:
How to fix error 0x80071771The specified file could not be decrypted?
1. Untick the encryption checkbox
This may have ended in an error previously, but trying it after a while or rebooting the PC may fix the error.
2. Manually obtain full file permissions
For some of you, obtaining full permissions for the encrypted file should help get rid ofThe specified file could not be decryptederror, ora problem is preventing this folder from being encryptederror.
3. Use Command Prompt
Check whether you can access the files after runningcipher /dwhen the specified file could not be decrypted. If not, there ain’t much you can do other than finding the PC where the file was encrypted, decrypting it there only, and then transferring it to your PC.
Also, you could usereliable decryption softwaresince these, too, have helped a lot of users.
For any other queries or to share a solution not listed here, comment below.
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Matthew Adams
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