Windows 10: I’m trying to use cipher /e With no luck

Every forum and every article I read I do the steps and it keeps telling me zero encrypted out of two directories is it only because it’s a windows 10 home and not a windows 10 pro

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CMD cipher /e on a folder output "Request not supported"

I've recently discovered cipher command on windows-10 command-line.

Now, the problem is when I'm try to execute cipher /e [directory name] or cipher /e [absolute path], because I'm always receiving the error [directory name]: Request not supported..

Some useful info:

• I'm running Microsoft Windows 10 Home
  
• I've executed the command as administrator either on 'cmd' and 'powershell'
  
• The disk's file system is in 'NTFS'.
  
• I've gave all the access to all the users in the 'Security' attribute on the interested folder(An empty folder for test purposes).
  

Could someone give me a hint/suggestion/solution about where the problem could be? Am I missing something important?

 

Encrypt a folder with Cipher

Hi Comdervids,

I’m Independent Advisor willing to help you. I would suggest to enclose the folder's name in quotations and use backslashes instead of forward-slashes like this:

cipher /E C:\Desktop\Derek's things

Or cipher /E C:\Desktop\"Derek's things"

Or cipher /E "C:\Desktop\Derek's things"

Best Regards,

Angel.

 

Cipher /e

I've been trying to encrypt a folder on my desktop but every time I use cipher /e [filename] I get ERR, request not supported.

Test is the name of the folder on my desktop which I want to encrypt.

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C:\Users\king\Desktop>cipher /e Test

Encrypting files in C:\Users\king\Desktop\

Test [ERR]

Test: The request is not supported.

0 file(s) [or directorie(s)] within 1 directorie(s) were encrypted.

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I'm not sure what I'm missing or doing wrong. In reality, what I want to do in the end is encrypt a flash drive on D: via command prompt.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.