I'm trying to create a simple Powershell script that we can use to backup files rather than doing it manually before rebuilding a Windows 7 machine. Seems like a simple enough task, except I've run into a brick wall called EFS. The source directories are all EFS encrypted.
I started intending to use robocopy, it protests however that the file could not be encrypted copying to the network drive. Could not find a way around this, so I tried using Powershells own Copy-Item. Again "Copy-Item : The specified file could not be encrypted." Tried adding -Force to the command, no difference. Using the command below.
Copy-Item $ENV:USERPROFILE\Favorites $ENV:HOMEDRIVE\Win7_Bkup\Favorites -recurse -force
I don't care the the files will no longer be encrypted in the destination. However neither robocopy or Copy-Item can deal with this. They INSIST that EFS encrypted files MUST be copied to an EFS capable destination. Any ideas on how I can get around this short of first decrypting the files?
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