"Unlock" not working

I have several folders encrypted in Espionage and all was well for a while. Today, I opened the folders and it had the three folders that state "this folder contains encrypted data"..."it is controlled by Espionage". I can't seem to unlock them unless I open espionage, log in, uncheck "locked" and click save. The "unlock" feature does not appear in the context menu...only "locked" which doesn't make sense since I can't access files.
What is the fix? As a work around, I restored them back to an unencrypted state by removing them from espionage. Obviously not very productive as it took over 10 minutes to restore each folder that was affected.
BTW, no changes were made to the system recently (10.6.4). Only other actions taken were backups, using espionage, after all folders are locked.
Regards,
Antonio
What is the fix? As a work around, I restored them back to an unencrypted state by removing them from espionage. Obviously not very productive as it took over 10 minutes to restore each folder that was affected.
BTW, no changes were made to the system recently (10.6.4). Only other actions taken were backups, using espionage, after all folders are locked.
Regards,
Antonio