Can't turn off File Encryption/previously encrypted system

[dmitche3]

I have a number of files that I had encrypted on a previous version of Windows 7. I'm now running Windows 8.

I saved my keys and I am able to access the files. My problem is that I cannot turn off encryption on the files. Some of the files were encrypted by mistake (MP3s) and I don't want them encrypted.

Each time I try to turn off encryption (via folder/Properties/advanced/...) I get "Access Denied". My current user owns the files. I can delete them and copy them and play them without any issues. I simply cannot turn off encryption. 🙁
I've tried using Cipher /U but that didn't do anything that I noticed.

Thanks in advance.

Lesson learned. I won't use MS encryption ever again. 🙁

Update: Since I couldn't find an answer I wrote a quick program to do a byte for byte copy of the files to a new directory. The files are now unencrypted. 🙁 But I'd still like to know what I can do in the future rather than hack my way out of this problem as I'm sure others might want to know.

 

[jinksy]

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/encrypt-decrypt-folder-file#1TC=windows-7

 

[dmitche3]

Nope. Been there, done that. I'm well beyond that. Something is messed up in the Windows OS. I can read the files, play them, and write them to a new directory. If I read and write them to the same directory they re-encrypt. EVEN THOUGH the directory is marked as no encryption, compression actually which is mutually exclusive with encryption.