Can't turn off Legacy Filevault

I have an iMac with 2 "legacy" filevault accounts from Snow Leopard.
I turned off legacy filevault on one of the two accounts, but the second account, which is a portable home directory, always generates an error during the decryption process. I have tried repairing disk permissions, rebooting etc, nothing works.
Any and all suggestions are welcome!

- open the account (so that the Home is decrypted)
- make a copy of Home folder
- set a new temporary account (Admin)
- restart with this new temporary account
- remove the original Home folder, then remove the original account (via System Preferences - Users & Groups)
- rename the copy with the original name
- add a new account with the same original name via Users & Groups), that is recreated the deleted account
The system ask you if you want to use the existent Folder with the same - OK
At voila you have the account decrypted

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