Efsui.exe Efs Installdra ((full)) · Direct & Plus

Silence. Then: “The backup server’s drive failed last Tuesday. Automated retention didn’t alert because the error log was… wait for it… in an encrypted folder.”

Use the DRA certificate on a test machine to decrypt a sample file: efsui.exe efs installdra

Or in some contexts, used with cipher.exe instead: Silence

The installdra argument seems to be related to installing a Data Recovery Agent (DRA) for EFS. A DRA is a special type of account that can recover encrypted files in case the original encryption key is lost or corrupted. efsui.exe efs installdra