Yeah, also copying the file was disabled.

Thanks both.
I tried accessing the files from a linux live cd and of course they stayed encrypted. One thing less to worry about :)

Thanks for your reply.
Copying an ecrypted EFS file from my HD to NTFS usb makes the file accessible on another computer.
That's because as you said, since I'm logged in, the file gets decrypted on...

Hi
I've been playing around with EFS but I cannot currently test this one thing that popped to my mind.
I have a laptop with an SSD (Local disk C:\) and a HD (Local disk D:\).
Windows installed on...

I get this when I run the second command in Step 3
At line:1 char:17
+ $env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\CheckFileEncoding.ps1
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unexpected token...

I registered to express my eternal gratitude towards you, OP!
I salute you!
You are my GOD.
I was very sceptical because of this somewhat old motherboard and having a IDE optical drive and having...