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When I copied some files from work onto my external hard drive it copied them as encrypted files.

NOTE: The drive is not encrypted - just individual files.

Now when I try to copy files from the external drive to my PC, Nautilus crashes. In fact Nautilus crashes even when I browse a directory that contains an encrypted file.

I can browse the file system using the terminal, although I get "Permission Denied" errors if I try to copy the encrypted files. On Windows the encrypted files are listed in green in Windows explorer.

Is there anyway that I can list which files on the external drive are encrypted?

UPDATE #1

I understand that you cannot decrypt these encrypted files under Linux per this Q&AL Use Linux to read contents of Windows encrypted folder. However, I can list them in the terminal so I'm looking for a way to list which ones are encrypted and which ones are not.

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    With what were these files encrypted?
    – HalosGhost
    Jun 28 '14 at 16:45
  • It was in a corporate environment where I no longer work. All the files on the work PC appeared to be encrypted. I assumed it was Windows built in but I don't know for sure.
    – opticyclic
    Jun 29 '14 at 7:21
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    File bug report on nautilus.
    – Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen
    Jun 29 '14 at 12:19

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