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Little did I know that this would cause my EFS encrypted files to be unreadable. Out of desperation and a little research I used PCUnlocker to forcefully reset my password. A few months ago I reset my Windows password but my keyboard must have had a sticky key or two, effectively changing my password to an unknown password.

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