EFS

Description:

Follow these steps if you get an error “Word Cannot open the document: User does not have access privileges”

To Resolve:

1. Check Windows Explorer and you will see padlock icons on the files, this means the files are individually encrypted using EFS

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   • You can see this in the parent folder’s properties:

   

2. You will need to uncheck the box and follow the prompts for un-encrypting the data. You may not find this as often anymore and most people moved on Bitlocker.