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Windows File Encryption

Decryption

  • download PSTools from: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/psexec 
  • This can be used to run commands as the SYSTEM user
  • You need to do this to decrypt the database data files / elastic search data files
  • Cmmand to decrypt folder and all contents as system user: PsExec.exe -i -s cipher /d /s"fullPathToFolder" (documentation for the cipher command can be found here 
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