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There are probably better places on the net to ask this, but I figured I would try here first.
Last year I was working on a project and one tree of folders and files that I received for it displayed in Explorer with the file names appearing green. I had never seen that before and I thought it was odd, but I just assumed that the person who created the files just knew some obscure Windows trick.
I worked with the files without problem and created many, many new files that were based on those, and they all appeared in Explorer with green names.
So last night and today I spent some hours learning the hard way that:
1) If a file is green it means that it is encrypted.
2) If you re-install Windows, be sure you un-encrypt those files before doing that.
So now I have a question: Am I totally screwed? Is there a way for me to open these without hunting down a certificate from the person who originally started the project and praying that he hasn't re-installed Windows since then?
Thanks.
Last year I was working on a project and one tree of folders and files that I received for it displayed in Explorer with the file names appearing green. I had never seen that before and I thought it was odd, but I just assumed that the person who created the files just knew some obscure Windows trick.
I worked with the files without problem and created many, many new files that were based on those, and they all appeared in Explorer with green names.
So last night and today I spent some hours learning the hard way that:
1) If a file is green it means that it is encrypted.
2) If you re-install Windows, be sure you un-encrypt those files before doing that.
So now I have a question: Am I totally screwed? Is there a way for me to open these without hunting down a certificate from the person who originally started the project and praying that he hasn't re-installed Windows since then?
Thanks.
