(Solved) Unlocking a locked BitLocker drive

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Shadow
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(Solved) Unlocking a locked BitLocker drive

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I have a drive locked using BitLocker, and I get an error when I try to unlock it using the right-click context menu of XYPlorer.
The OS is Win10/64 and I started XYPlorer with Administrative Rights.
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Re: Unlocking a locked BitLocker drive

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Is BitLocker 64-bit?
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Re: Unlocking a locked BitLocker drive

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admin wrote:Is BitLocker 64-bit?
Looks like 64-bit on my system.
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Re: Unlocking a locked BitLocker drive

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Try the "Show 64-bit Context Menu" command in XY's context menu. "Unlock Drive..." should be there as well. Does it work better from there?
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Re: Unlocking a locked BitLocker drive

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The 'Show 64-bit Context menu' did the trick, thank you for your help :)
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Re: (Solved) Unlocking a locked BitLocker drive

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my system is win 8.1 32 bit and I can't unlock BitLocker drive in xyplorer
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Re: (Solved) Unlocking a locked BitLocker drive

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Looks like BitLocker didn't get its 32-bit installation right. This would explain both errors. It might be possible to fix this in the registry. Maybe you find something in the web...
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Re: (Solved) Unlocking a locked BitLocker drive

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Regarding this concern, specifically, 64-bit versions of Windows OS and XY. What was the solution to resolve on 64-bit versions of OS? Thanks!
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Re: (Solved) Unlocking a locked BitLocker drive

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Scroll up a bit to see?!?
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Re: (Solved) Unlocking a locked BitLocker drive

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RalphM wrote:Scroll up a bit to see?!?
Care to elaborate?

I hope you are not referencing "32-bit installation of BitLocker", surely not on Windows 10 64-bit.
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Re: (Solved) Unlocking a locked BitLocker drive

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Try the "Show 64-bit Context Menu" command in XY's context menu. "Unlock Drive..." should be there as well. Does it work better from there?
The 'Show 64-bit Context menu' did the trick, thank you for your help :)
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Re: (Solved) Unlocking a locked BitLocker drive

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Oh, you mean leave the bug in calling BitLocker exist, rather than execute the 64-bit executable without generating the error from the 32-bit XY?
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