title: Android Studio: cannot recover key
body: <p>I have searched StackOverflow for a while, but I just wanted to make sure...</p>
  
  <p>I wiped my laptop a while ago, and backed up all my files. I have my android.jks file backed up, and it's back in place. When I try to generate a signed APK, it's giving me the same dreaded error everyone is getting:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Error:Execution failed for task ':app:packageRelease'.
  &gt; Failed to read key conjugationappkey from store     
  "/Users/wasimsandhu/android.jks": Cannot recover key
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have my android.jks, the key password, the key store password. Everything is correct. What am I missing? I backed up all of my files, so if there is a specific file I need, I could find it, but I have no idea what to do...</p>
  
  <p>If I'm not making any sense, please ask me to clarify. Thanks!</p>