Windows 10: Windows automatic encrypting files in Desktop

So a few days ago I was trying to put a password on a zip file, and I'm not quite sure what I did, but now everytime I create a new folder ou file, it automatically encrypts and I have no idea how to remove it.I tried searching on the web how to solve it, and came across this post https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/removing-automatic-encryption-from-desktop-folder/e7e49ac5-c7ca-42b3-a38d-7ba43da4af62 which is almost the same as mine, but I have no clue how they fixed it...

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Windows XP file encryption

LOL thanks, I think its standard windows XP file encryption

 

Desktop is encrypting files automatically

Dear technologically savvy people,

I have no idea what I did, but now any file that goes through the desktop is automatically encrypted. If I place a photo on the desktop- encrypted, if I change the name of a file on the desktop- encrypted, saved on the desktop- encrypted.

It's a tedious process to manually click Properties>General Tab>Advanced>Deselect Encrypt data>Apply for every single file, every time it touches the desktop. I think I found the source of the problem, where under Local Disk>Users>(my username) the desktop
tab itself has a padlock on it, as shown below.





I don't know how it got there, or how to get rid of that padlock, as every time I try to click Properties>General Tab>Advanced>Deselect Encrypt data>Apply on the desktop, it gives the following error:





I used the instructions listed in a different forum:

Why Are All My Newly Created Files and Folders Encrypted?

This instructed me to use the "cipher /u /n" command in administrator mode, then "cipher /d "path to the file"" to decrypt whatever was wrong.





I know there's nothing more on the whole computer that I've encrypted. As the results show, unfortunately, nothing else encrypted was found, and nothing was decrypted.

I really don't want to create a new profile to get around it. What can I do to get my computer to stop automatically encrypting stuff?

 

Files on the desktop are always encrypted

Hello meNESS_642,

An effective encryption ensures that a data is secured and protected at all times, but this may become an issue if you only want to encrypt certain files and not all files that you are creating or saving. As a work around to resolve this issue, we recommend
that you follow the steps below:

• Press the Windows key + X, then select
  File Explorer.
• In the Address bar, enter %userprofile%.
• All the File folder paths for your user profile will show up.
• Right-click, select New and then Folder.
• Name that folder as New Desktop or name of your preference.
• Select then Right-click on the original Desktop Folder and choose
  Properties.
• Go to Location tab. In the path location, edit it and enter the new location of the new desktop folder.
  
• Click OK, then Apply.
• It will ask you to transfer all your files from that folder, if you wish to copy everything select
  Yes.
• Automatically, the new Desktop folder will take place and you’ll be able to save files without encryption.
  

Let us know how it goes.