Encrypted Files - Find All on the Local Hard Drives

How to Create a List of All Encrypted Files on All Local Drives in Windows​


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This tutorial will show you how to create a list of all encrypted files that belong to the current user on all NTFS local drives in Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.

This will create a Encrypted-Files.txt file on your desktop that includes the full path of each encrypted file found in it.


EXAMPLE: Encrypted-Files.txt
Encrypted_Files_List.jpg
Here's How:
1. Open a command prompt in Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8, and do step 2 or 3 below for what you would like to do.

2. To Use the cipher /u /h Command
NOTE: This option is used to find all the encrypted files on the local drives, and will update the user's file encryption key or recovery keys of the encrypted files to use the current keys if changed since encrypted.
A) In the command prompt, copy and paste the command below, press Enter, and go to step 4 below.
NOTE: Added /H to include hidden encrypted files.
cipher /u /h > %UserProfile%\Desktop\Encrypted-Files.txt

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3. To Use the cipher /u /n /h Command
NOTE: This option is used to find all the encrypted files on the local drives, and will not update the encyption keys.
A) In the command prompt, copy and paste the command below, press Enter, and go to step 4 below.
NOTE: Added /H to include hidden encrypted files.
cipher /U /N /H > %UserProfile%\Desktop\Encrypted-Files.txt

CMD-2.jpg
4. When finished, close the command prompt.

5. You will now have a Encrypted-Files.txt file on your desktop with a list of all encrypted files on your system.
That's it,
Shawn





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This command will only list encrypted files belonging to the current user (the one who runs the command). It will not list "all the encrypted files on the local drives" as stated in the article.
 

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This tutorial will show you how to create a list of all encrypted files that belong to the current user on all NTFS local drives in Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.

This will create a Encrypted-Files.txt file on your desktop that includes the full path of each encrypted file found in it.
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As stated from the tutorial.

The tutorial does state current user.

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Hello Layback.

Thanks for the good info in your post "How to Create a List of All Encrypted Files on All Local Drives in Windows". Is there a way to test this on a folder that contains some encrypted file? I'm hesitant to do this on the whole drive. Thanks.
 

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386DX said:
Hello Layback.

Thanks for the good info in your post "How to Create a List of All Encrypted Files on All Local Drives in Windows". Is there a way to test this on a folder that contains some encrypted file? I'm hesitant to do this on the whole drive. Thanks.
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Hello, :-)

No worries. Step 3 will not affect anything to run the command.

The command will only scan the drive, and generate a list of any encrypted files and their location it may find.
 

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Thanks. I'll check it out.
 

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