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How to Remove Padlock or Lock Icon from Files on Windows 10



How to Remove Padlock or Lock Icon from Files on Windows 10

A lock is an important part of life. It is secure your file and things. But sometimes it is very bad if some file you can use from another system and the file has been locked. You cannot use these files that have a lock. In computer language, we can say padlock.

If you see a lock icon laid on your folders or file, it means that the sharing or security options have been tampered with, either by you or any software or when changing operating systems or migrating some data, or when tweaking the HomeGroup settings. The padlock icon means that the folder or file is not shared with anyone. The padlock on a folder or file usually appears on PCs with Home Groups.


It is very critical to solve this problem, either you need to take ownership of that folder or change your user’s access rights. We need to be an administrator right in order to make any kind of change. This can be done by changing the security settings on the folder and allowing the User groups to, at the least, read from the file and folder.

In this article, we’ll provide solutions to how to remove the lock icon from files and folders. You can try one or both methods if the first doesn’t work.

Note: This issue spans from Windows Vista all the way to Windows 10.

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How to Remove Padlock or Lock Icon from Files on Windows 10


Open your file and find your lock file. Right-click and go to propriety. Now click on Advance Uncheck the encrypted contents to secure data.
click OK. now click on apply.
If the file shows the error of error applying attribute, click on ignore and copy the certificate from the system where you copy these files and have a padlock.
The process is in the video.
Now press the win key + R and type MMC (Microsoft Management Console) Go to file and click on add or Remove Snap-in.
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Click on Certificate #windowCertificate
Click on Add and check My User Account Click on Finnish and now click on OK
A certificate is created. now this time is export time.
Now again click on Console Root and click on Certificate and click on Personal, click on Certificate.
Now check Encrypting File System R-click on this file and all task at the last tab is exported.



How to Remove Padlock or Lock Icon from Files on Windows 10


Click on it. Click on Next and now check the box on export the private #certificate.
Now add the password ******. Now this page is a saving page. Add the path on which you want to save the Certificate file and copy it for other Devices.
For installation
Copy this Certificate and save the PC to which you want to give permission.
On that PC double click on the certificate and it will automatically install the certificate and you can use it. now again the same process which you use the first time for applying encrypting device could not show the massage of encrypting error.
After a while, it will show to click on the OK button.
It's Done your file is encrypted and you can remove the Padlock from your file.
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