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remove file encryption using vba

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Webkins

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Dec 11, 2008
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I have a networked access 2003 program which copies user selected files from a users computer to a server computer. The text of these file names on the user computer are in green letters which I assume means that they are encrypted. My vba code can copy only the file names which are in black letters, which I also assume means that they are un-encrypted. Trying to copy a green filename file locks up the computer and stops responding. Copying a black filename file works perfectly every time. I am using copyfile and have tried xcopy and cipher.

My question is this: Is there a way, program or procedure for VBA to remove the file encryption from the users file before copying it to the server computer for storage ?

I have been trying to use the Windows XP Pro version of the Cipher command and switches without success. I have been searching this website but I am finding no results. I wonder if this issue or topic has ever come up before. Any other ideas or suggestions ? I do love a challenge and this is a good one ! Thanks so much.

 
I, for one, have no idea what the colors mean. Are you seing these colors in Windows Explorer? What are the various OS's involved?

(RG for short) aka Allan Bunch MS Access MVP acXP, ac07 ac10 - winXP Pro, Win7 Pro
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