This makes it easy for individuals and businesses alike to secure their private and sensitive information and files. However, opening such files requires an encryption key, plus you have to be logged in as an administrator. With encryption keys all around us today, there’s a need to protect our sensitive and private data and information, so this is the best way to do it. But the question most people will ask is how to open encrypted files because once these are protected with a password, there are only a few ways that can open it, besides knowing the password. So if you don’t know the password of the encrypted file, you forgot or just don’t have it, we’ll show you how to open encrypted files in Windows 10.
How to open encrypted files in Windows 10
1. Use a dedicated program
There are different programs used to encrypt files that marked afterward so that you know that they are password-protected. The encrypted files can be opened, but you sometimes have to use the same programs that encrypted them. WinZip is one such program, and one of the most popular. The encryption option allows you to zip your files with certified 128- or 256-bit AES encryption, keeping your files safe from unwanted eyes. Plus, with WinZip, you can create read-only PDFs and add watermarks to deter copying. However, to open an encrypted WinZip file you will also need the password. WinZip can’t help with the recovery of lost zip file passwords. If you’re using the 256-bit AES encryption method, there is no other way of opening the file other than knowing the password. For the 128-bit or weak Zip 2.0 (Legacy) encryption, you can try using a password recovery tool available online. Now, in order to avoid such an uncomfortable situation, we recommend having a password manager at hand to keep all your codes and passwords. SPONSORED
2. Use Certificate Manager
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3. Convert the file then open it
If you used EasyCrypto to encrypt a file, you won’t be able to convert it to any other format as the program doesn’t give a method of converting the files. However, if you have any files that you want to be converted, and they’re inside the .encrypted file, decrypt them and then use a free file converter to change them.
4. Take ownership of the file or folder
Note: You can change the owner of all subcontainers and objects within the tree, by selecting the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects checkbox. This is optional. The owner of a file or folder controls the permissions set on the file/folder and to whom these are granted. The take ownership permission, or restore the files and directories user rights are the minimum requirements needed to perform this procedure. An admin can take ownership of any file on the computer. However, assigning ownership may require you to elevate permissions by using User Access Control. A user who has the Restore files and directories privilege can double-click Other users and groups and choose any user or group to assign ownership to. Note: The Everyone group no longer includes the Anonymous Logon group.
5. Grant access to the encrypted file
Are there other ways you use to open encrypted files in Windows 10? Let us know what works for you, and if the methods above helped, by leaving a comment in the section below. .
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