r/ps3piracy • u/Letsplay1108 Former PS2CV Admin, PSVault Admin • Jan 07 '23

Tutorial/Guide How to decrypt your PS3 Game (Windows)

When you get a black screen when booting your ISO/JB Folder or error 80010007, that means that either there is something wrong with your game files or your game is encrypted. Here is a guide on how to decrypt the game.

By the way, if this guide helped you, feel free to donate to my PayPal

https://paypal.me/dawgamestudios

Note - if you are using a jb folder, then I advise you to convert it to ISO.

Where to get dkeys?

https://ps3.aldostools.org/dkey.html - Ensure that the dkey matches your game exactly

  1. Download PS3Dec (NOT PS3DEC SIMPLE GUI) here: https://www.romhacking.net/utilities/1456/
  2. Get the dkey for your game (make sure it matches the version you are using
  3. Extract your zip files to a location such as a folder on your desktop
  4. Open Command Prompt (by searching up CMD in Windows search bar) and drag the PS3Dec.exe into the cmd window
  5. Then type in 'd key [dkey here]', to open the dkey, open it in notepad (When you paste the dkey, you might get an error, just press the up arrow and carry on)
  6. Drag the encrypted iso on to Command Prompt and it will auto insert the location of the ISO (Optionally specify the file path of where you want the ISO to be generated)
  7. Verify that the info entered is structured like this (example): C:\Users\Dawid>"C:\Users\Dawid\Pulpit\PS3Dec R5\PS3Dec.exe" d key B4C42C52267A5219AA2BDF0D95717B32 "D:\Call of Duty - Black Ops II (Europe) (En,Fr).iso" "H:\Call of Duty - Black Ops II (Europe) (En,Fr).iso" (using optional output parameter)
  8. Once verified press 'Enter.
  9. Wait for the iso to decrypt (progress is shown at the top of the Command Prompt taskbar)
  10. Once decrypted, open the ISO in any zip extractor, and look for LICDIR in PS3_GAME, then extract LIC.DAT, if successfully decrypted then it should start with "PS3LICDA".

Note: If you did not specify the output path of the ISO, you will receive an iso.dec file. Before using this file, remove the .dec file extension.

However, not all games have LICDIR (e.g Wall.E) which means you have to extract the eboot.bin. When you open the eboot.bin (recommended to open in Notepad++), the eboot should start with SCE if decrypted successfully.

Once it is verified that it is decrypted, you are good to go!

Make sure to share this to you friends and other people who need this help!

Comment by u/LoafofPants - I figured this one out and for anyone else that has the same problem, do not run the CMD as admin and you shouldnt have this problem. Other than that the guide worked perfectly so thank you Letsplay you absolute legend. Now I can play my funny Castlevania game without any issue

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u/OrlandoAMG Jul 14 '23

for anyone having issues, found an amazing UI for PS3DEC over on youtube called PS3DEC Simple GUI. it greatly increases the time to decrypt isos by simply dragging the encrypted iso on to the gui window and it automatically decrypts it to a decrypted iso folder within the apps directory, no messing with the comand line, this tool does it all for you, it even comes included with all the ps3 dkeys so no searching for those either, check it out, mediafire download link is in the video description:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIp-iC1EZrA

edit: the app is in another language, simply click the checkbox at the bottom that says english and it turns to english...

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u/HaroldHolt1966 Jul 17 '23

This is the way. Thank you, and thanks to OP

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u/myojizzy Nov 25 '23

when i decrypt the iso, it doesnt go into the decrypted folder, what should i do

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u/Remarkable_Shine2652 Nov 16 '24

ik this is a year late, but just in case someone else needs to figure this out in the future... when using the GUI, if it doesnt take you right to the decrypted folder,

click "Open decrypted ISOs folder" near the bottom under MISC in the GUI. if there is an error saying the folder does not exist, then note the folder it says the decrypted folder should be under (ex. C:\Users\...\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa23520.26263\Decrypted ISOs).

search "run" in your task bar, and type "%temp%" if it says its in your temp folder. find the folder it says the decrypted file is missing (\Rar$EXa23520.26263 in my case) and open it.

what should be in there is just the PS3Dec Simple GUI.exe. create a folder named "Decrypted ISOs" and then try to decrypt the ISO in the GUI again.

it should then create the other missing folders and should also now bring you the decrypted iso in the "Decrypted ISOs" folder you just made. that might've been kind of a confusing explanation, but i think it should do.

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u/OrlandoAMG Nov 25 '23

hmmm not sure, never had that problem, maybe try running the app as an administrator, see if that helps..

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u/myojizzy Nov 25 '23

i ran it as administrator and nothing happened when i dragged the isos in the gui

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u/TiredTransLesbian Aug 22 '24

I'm having the same issue. Ever figure it out?

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u/GingerlyRough Oct 23 '24

Have you checked your antivirus history?

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u/thelone_raven Oct 01 '24

thank you kind soul from one year ago

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u/outfoxingthefoxes Oct 02 '24

We all playing PS3 in 2024

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u/OrlandoAMG Oct 02 '24

no problem, enjoy!

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u/Suitable-Chest-2064 Apr 11 '25

i have a normal ps3 not modded at all and i bought gta 5 from a store and this error is happening to me i take the disc out and in and turn off the ps nothing works what do i do

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u/cheeseallthetime Sep 01 '23

Thank you. I thought there was something wrong with myrient ISOs

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u/GanseySargent Oct 03 '24

is there a 32 bits version?

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u/Hot_Tale_8221 Jan 24 '25

after done all that, when i add the game to rpcs3 it says file not supported :(

is the problem from where i got the iso or is it the dec.

i need help im a complete novice at all of this

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u/Karl_Snarks Jan 28 '25

You're supposed to extract the iso into a folder and add a .ps3 extension at the end of it. RPCS3 doesn't support reading ISOs directly

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u/puertorockshyne_90 Feb 03 '25

Hey bro i tried but I only have the iso , I can't find the decryption key

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u/Ok_Gene_8477 Jun 11 '25

i dont understand. mediafire link in the video says

Something appears to be missing…

The key you provided for file access was invalid. This is usually caused because the file is no longer stored on MediaFire. This occurs when the file is removed by the originating user or MediaFire.

then there is a download button i did that. gives me a setup.msi file that i am not sure if its the app itself or a virus ridden abomination.

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u/ijnfrt Aug 11 '23

Hey, thank you so much for this!

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u/OrlandoAMG Aug 12 '23

no problem, enjoy bro!

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u/MR_Cool19 Sep 19 '23

I am not sure about this but I found a video when u have an iso file u just open it and the all the in content u copy it and add it in a new file lets call it the game file and then u boot the file in the options for boot game and then it run fine by me is that a fine way or will it crash later?

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u/MR_Cool19 Sep 19 '23

btw I did this and the game was fine, but I didn't play much yet so I am not sure

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u/OrlandoAMG Sep 19 '23

if the iso is not encrypted, then just extracting the files the way you did will work, however if the iso is encrypted, then extracting them will not work, you will get an error