Can't access my home directory "Encrypted private directory is not setup properly"

Hi I'm trying to access my home directory on my laptop hard drive through a live usb. I cannot boot into the OS on the hard drive and the home and root directory is encrypted. I have the encryption key but when I try to run the tool to gain access it pops up for a second then disappears and when I run the command in Terminal it says "Encrypted private directory is not setup properly". What are my options on getting into the directory? I really need to get the data off my laptop.

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I had a similar issue. I was able to solve it using the instructions here:

The key for me was to first navigate to:

/media/(mypartition)/home/.ecryptfs/(foldername)

before I ran the command:

sudo ecryptfs-recover-private .Private/

Before I just navigated to /media and ran

sudo ecryptfs-recover-private (mypartition)

I entered my passphrase and I received a SUCCESS notification. Unfortunately, I was still unable to access /tmp/ecryptfs.(randomcharacters)

It took me two days to finally find a solution that worked.

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After many days of worry and trying to follow many other guides this one worked perfectly!

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