How to Decrypt files (External Drive) that was encrypted on a laptop that had just been formatted (windows 10). No backed up Certificates and whatnot.

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Can't Decrypt my files on my External Drive. Encrypted these files on my laptop but this same laptop was reformatted (re-installed windows 10). No backed up certificates and whatnot. Now I don't know how to decrypt my files (error 0x80071771) because of restricted permission. I did change ownership and giving full permission on "Properties" of the file but the same error keeps on popping up when I try to uncheck "Encrypt..." option. Is there a way for me to still access my Encrypted files? If yes, please tell me how.Thank you so much in advance.

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