In Windows 10 it is very easy to encrypt a file or folder so that other users (or intruders) are unable to view the files contents in it unsecured original format. It just takes a a few seconds. We show you how to encrypt a file or folder in Windows 10 (Windows 8.1 and earlier too). We also show you how to backup your private encryption key so that you can decrypt on another computer or if your user login is changed etc. This example uses EFS (Encrypted File System. For more visit http://www.windows10.ninja and http://www.2012r2.com Transcript (machine generated so it contains errors) Hello today would have a quick look at how to encrypt a file or folder. Okay, we have our file that we won." He basically right click on it. The properties button advance, click on encrypt contents to secure data. Click okay, okay, and now we could do the file and its parent folder, and so basically if it was within a folder. Basically everything in that folder that folder would have been encrypted get in this case, listen the simple file okay. Click okay. But it will do is now uses the message that the encrypted okay, and now there's a little key case your own personal key that you need to keep a backup in case, you shall we say performing a computer or you lose your username et cetera et cetera and you only have a file and you need to encrypt it again after you click on it. It's readable okay; it's readable case writable like a normal file, but anybody else logging in using a different username and password would not be able to see what's the file okay. Right now talk you through this how to make a backup of your private key okay. All right the city and he you okay to go back up now. Click next. Okay, and able to view privacy export all except Robert properties okay. Click next. Okay a password for it okay. Okay. Click next. Obviously one long password in a secure ones in this case were not relatively simple one. Okay when you are saving in this instance will send to desktop and the court encryption be given a name that really matter if there is a.PFX personal information exchange, which available It okay expert was successful and there we get this building with private key certificate in an envelope okay if you don't get this message over here, and you didn't find the little yellow icon to click on there is another way to actually get your slogan is just basically K girl into the options, click command content certificates, and you'll see basically your steady over the basically ends in a okay menu exported okay same windows for its export the private key as well. In this instance next okay Enables limit privacy export all of them properties predominantly whiskey in this instance, say that they give the password okay. Click next. Where would save it basically again to the desktop by and encryption war were to get and that'll save it, and that is how to encrypt the file and ensure that other people who log on with different usernames to this computer or who don't logon basically just get extra hard disks will be able to read the contents of a file.

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