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Once you have the complete list of encrypted files (see Scan for encrypted files and Browse for encrypted files) after the keys have been successfully recovered, you can start the decryption process.

 

Select the files to be decrypted in the Encrypted files tab. Mark files to decrypt with check boxes. Use Select all, Select highlighted, Unselect all and Reverse buttons to perform bulk operations. Note that only files highlighted green can be decrypted; the red ones cannot be selected. Remove from list removes selected file(s) from the page.

 

Next, press the Decrypt button (or Decrypt files on the toolbar). AEFSDR will prompt you for the target path. In that path, the tool makes sub-folders with names like AEFSDR_X_DECRYPTED, where 'X' is the drive letter for the partition you're decrypting the files from. The complete source path will be recreated under that sub-folder. The decryption is relatively slow, so please be patient. The program will show the progress bar and the file names being decrypted.

 

We strongly recommend saving files being decrypted to an NTFS partition. Using a FAT32 partition as a target may produce unexpected errors.

 

Make sure to verify that all files have been decrypted successfully before deleting the original (encrypted) files.

 

Note: the trial version of AEFSDR decrypts only the first 512 bytes of each file, padding the rest of the content with zeroes. Please Register your copy to get the full version.