Windows 10: i am trying to put the password protection for my folders but the option "encrypt contents...

i am trying to put the password protection for my folders but the option "encrypt contents to secure data" is inbuilt disabled , how should i make it work

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Password protect a folder and the contents

Hello! My name is Cristiano. I'm an Independent Advisor. I'm glad to help you.

To password-protect a folder and its contents on a Windows computer, you'll need to follow these steps:

1. First, right-click on the folder you want to protect and select "Properties" from the drop-down menu.

2. In the Properties window, click on the "Advanced" button.

3. In the Advanced Attributes window, check the box that says "Encrypt contents to secure data."

4. Click OK to close the Advanced Attributes window, and then click Apply followed by OK to close the Properties window.

5. You'll be prompted to choose whether you want to apply the encryption to just the folder or to the folder and its contents. Select the option that suits your needs, and then click OK.

6. Windows will now encrypt the folder and its contents. To access the folder and its files, you'll need to enter the password you chose during the encryption process.

I hope this helps!

 

Can't encrypt or password protect folders?

Hi,

Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community. I understand the inconvenience you faced.
I will certainly help you with this.

The information which you have provided is not enough for us to determine the issue. Please provide us more information.

• Are you logging-in using Administrator User account?
• Is this issue specific to any particular folder or persist in all the folders?

Encrypting File System (EFS) is a feature of Windows that you can use to store information on your hard disk in an encrypted format. Encryption is the strongest protection that Windows provides to help you keep your information secure. I suggest you to try
log-in through other Administrator account and perform the below given steps to encrypt the folder and check if it works:

How to encrypt a file

• Right-click (or tap and hold) a file or folder and select Properties.
• Select the Advanced... button and select the Encrypt contents to secure data check box.
• Select OK to close the Advanced Attributes window, select
  Apply, and then select OK.

Please post back with the results and the information asked, we will be glad to assist you further.

Thank you.

 

Private folders encrypted and password protected folders

Im posting this because i've been looking for a free tool like this sense XP thought people should know about it *Toast :toast:

Windows 7 when combined with Pismo get’s an incredible feature of creating password protected folders ( *.pfo ) which they call as Private Folders. It is just like any other folder to which you can add any folder and do any operation but not password protections just comes out of the box in Windows 7.

Updated :

To create a private folder, you need to make a right click, select new and then private folders




How to create private folder in windows 7




To re-lock right click unmount

Windows 7
private folders

Here are the features which will interest you :

* Password protection.
* Mount visibility to owner or entire users group.
* In case you make it available to entire user group, you get option to make it available as network drive
* Type of access to users , Read or Read and Write

Private folders are just incredible way to share private data with set of people you want. This is what makes private folders rock. Its just not securing your data but also sharing data privately with others. You can download Pismo Private Folder from here