How to Enable the Encryption Command on the Shortcut Menu

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

SUMMARY

This article describes how to add the Encrypt/Decrypt command to the shortcut menu that appears when you right-click a file or folder.

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WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys and Values" Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and Delete Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" Help topics in Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it. If you are running Windows NT, you should also update your Emergency Repair Disk (ERD).

To add the Encrypt/Decrypt command to the shortcut menu that appears when you right-click a file or folder, use Registry Editor to create a REG_DWORD value named EncryptionContextMenu with a data value of 1 in the following key in the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

REFERENCES

For additional information about encryption, please click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q222054 Encrypting Files in Windows 2000

Q223316 Best Practices for Encrypting File System

Additional query words: encrypts encrypted context option

Keywords : kbui
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto