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FC0-U41 · Question #120

You are responsible for technical support at a company. An employee complains that they cannot open a particular file. When you see the file in Windows Explorer you note that it is in green. What is…

The correct answer is D. The file was encrypted by another user. Encrypted files show up in green text and can only be opened by the person who encrypted them (or an administrator with the encryption key). Answer option B is incorrect. Another user creating a file would not make it unopenable nor would it make it appear in green. Answer…

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Question

You are responsible for technical support at a company. An employee complains that they cannot open a particular file. When you see the file in Windows Explorer you note that it is in green. What is causing their problem?

Options

  • AThe file has been corrupted.
  • BThe file was created by another user.
  • CThe file is from an earlier version of Windows.
  • DThe file was encrypted by another user.

How the community answered

(54 responses)
  • A
    4% (2)
  • B
    2% (1)
  • C
    9% (5)
  • D
    85% (46)

Explanation

Encrypted files show up in green text and can only be opened by the person who encrypted them (or an administrator with the encryption key). Answer option B is incorrect. Another user creating a file would not make it unopenable nor would it make it appear in green. Answer option A is incorrect. Corrupted files do not appear in green text. Answer option C is incorrect. You can open files created in other versions of Windows.

Topics

#EFS#file encryption#Windows Explorer#access control

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