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Windows 7 Encryption Key Recovery

Started by Muckabout , Oct 08 2010 09:48 AM

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Muckabout

Posted 08 October 2010 - 09:48 AM

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I did a clean install of Windows 7 recently and now I have a few folders worth of inaccessible files. Apparently I completely screwed up and didn't realize that I hadn't saved copies of some of my PFX certificates.

HOWEVER - I saved the Windows.old/ProgramData/Microsoft/Crypto folder. Nothing in this folder has been modified. Is there any way in which I can apply these keys in order to recover the encrypted data?