Thank you!! Comment from Daniel Waduka Time May 22, at am. Comment from Tito Time June 2, at pm. Thanks, worked like a charm! Comment from Eric Time July 6, at pm. This works only if you are the owner of the files and folders in question.
Ownership cannot be changed. If the SID does not match there is literally nothing that can be done short of formatting the drive to get rid of them. Comment from Naftali Sappir Time July 25, at am. Comment from Ian Wakefield Time August 9, at am. Comment from Allison Time August 24, at pm. Once I cleared the read-only check box, I was able to un-encrypt the files. Comment from Graham Davison Time September 5, at am. My files and folder names always change to green even when I just move them, eg: from the desktop to another place.
I can change them back to black easily, but as soon as I move them they change to green again! Please help! Comment from Andy Rathbone Time September 19, at pm. Comment from Ritwik Time September 13, at am. Comment from Syl Time September 16, at am. This worked for me, thanks! One additional clarification: The file you right-click on to open the Properties box must be one of the Green files. If you click on a Black folder, for example, because it contains Green files, then when the Properties box is opened, the only option you have is to turn ON encryption, which is the opposite of what you want.
To decrypt a complex folder structure containing a mixture of encrypted and non-encrypted files, where the top-level folder is NOT encrypted, first use the Properties box to turn encryption ON for the entire folder structure. Improve this answer. Cajunluke 2, 2 2 gold badges 18 18 silver badges 26 26 bronze badges.
William Hilsum William Hilsum k 19 19 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. I thought maybe half name in one, half in another, but I just tried and it appears that the file has to be one or the other, you cannot compress and encrypt. As this picture shows, Windows actually says "Compress or Encrypt attributes" i The encryption and compression is a NTFS filesystem feature - and you cannot choose both. I have never seen the green color applied to.
Bonus answer: blogs. Green files mean they are encrypted - you can change the color: Windows explorer colors Files in blue are NTFS compressed files. Click Organize, Folder and Search options. Choose the View tab. Click OK. TomEus TomEus 3, 17 17 silver badges 32 32 bronze badges.
The Overflow Blog. Stack Gives Back Safety in numbers: crowdsourcing data on nefarious IP addresses. Featured on Meta. New post summary designs on greatest hits now, everywhere else eventually. Green indicates that the file has been encrypted. Now, this is not encryption by some external program. The correct way to unencrypt the file is pretty much what you tried to do. That is right-click the file and get the properties. Notice that the encryption box has a checkmark in it; uncheck it and click Apply.
What this means is that the account you are logged in as is not the account that encrypted the file. I would definitely look at other user accounts on that system. Because you are the administrator on that system, you should be able to either set those passwords or login as those accounts and see if one of those other user accounts can decrypt or uncheck the encryption attribute to the file.
The file system has encrypted it using credentials for a user account that is not the one you are logged in as. Subscribe to Confident Computing! Less frustration and more confidence, solutions, answers, and tips in your inbox every week. Hopefully this solves your problems! I had a similar experience happen and was locked out of alot of my files having done nothing to cause the change, I know how you feel in that respect.
Where I know this will do nothing to address the issue of what caused the problem in the first place, I do know that it was a quick fix for me that has been working the last 4 -5 months since it happened. Good Luck. One more thing. Green files ocurred by me just yesterday when I connected my external hard disk to my second PC.
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