Unable to decrypt EFS files with cipher command

Question

I tried to decrypt a EFS file with the built-in cipher command: cipher -d "D:\sample.txt", and here's the output:

Listing C:\Windows\System32\
New files added to this directory will not be encrypted.

Listing D:\
New files added to this directory will not be encrypted.

E sample.txt

Here's the screenshot. After the command was executed, I rebooted my computer and found the target file is still protected by EFS. How can I get the cipher command to work? The system is Windows 10. Thanks!

Update: Here's what I got when run the command cipher "D:\*":

 Listing D:\
 New files added to this directory will not be encrypted.

E sample.txt

Answer 1

I tried to decrypt a EFS file with the built-in cipher command: cipher -d "D:\sample.txt"

Your syntax isn’t correct. The correct command is cipher /d /f "D:\sample.txt"

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