put "encrypt" and "decrypt" in the context menu

Windows has a built in encryption scheme known as EFS. You can put the "encrypt" and "decrypt" entries in the context menu and then encrypting a file is only two clicks away.

  1. navigate registry hives
    • HKLM
    • SOFTWARE
    • Microsoft
    • Windows
    • CurrentVersion
    • Explorer
    • Advanced
  2. change the following key
    • data name: Encryption Context Menu
    • data type: REG_DWORD
    • data value: 0 or 2 (see below)

      0 = disable

      1 = enable

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