EFS or NTFS encryption can turn out to be your life’s worst nightmare in case you don’t fully read about it. I advice everyone not to use it unless you really know what you are doing and backup your certificates.

I had many folders of mine encrypted and I forgot about them completely as encryption is transparent to user who encrypted the file. It was a usual day. I was working on my computer when I wanted to access some files from ‘My Documents’ (yes, I encrypted whole My Documents folder, idiot me.) and was denied access. I thought it might be with just that file. I tried accessing other files, other folders but it gave same error. It dawned upon me. In an instant, I knew what was going on. I was shocked and confused at the same time. I didn’t know what was happening.
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