Microsoft KB Archive/288261

= The Encrypted File System does not encrypt and generates an &quot;access is denied&quot; error message =

Article ID: 288261

Article Last Modified on 3/2/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)
 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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This article was previously published under Q288261



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to encrypt a file using the Encrypted File System (EFS), the encryption may not work, and you may receive the following error messages:

Error message 1
Access is denied.

Error message 2
Event ID: 6019

Event Type: Error

Event Source: EFS

Event Category: None

Date: 08/14/2000

Time: 05:13:00 AM

User: N/A

Computer: PUSH

Description:

The file  being encrypted is a special reparse file, which is not supported by this version of EFS.

Data:

0000: 04 00 00 c0 ...



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if the target file is stored on a partition on which either the hierarchical storage management method or the Single Instance Store feature has been used.



MORE INFORMATION
Any files that have been stored by means of the hierarchical storage management method or by using the Single Instance Store feature cannot be encrypted.

For more information about the hierarchical storage management method or the Single Instance Store feature, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

240856 Removable Storage Manager terms and definitions

226545 How Single Instance Storage identifies which volumes to manage

Additional query words: hsm sis

Keywords: kbenv kberrmsg kbprb KB288261

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