How to Create an "Encrypting File System" Manager Shortcut in Windows
Information
Encrypting File System (EFS) is a feature of Windows that allows you to store information on your hard disk in an encrypted format.
This will show you how to create or download a Encrypting File System Manager shortcut in Windows.
The Encrypting File System Manager is only available in the Vista Business, Ultimate, Enterprise, Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate, Enterprise, and Windows 8 Pro and Enterprise editions.
EXAMPLE: Encrypting File System Manager
OPTION ONE
To Download "Encrypting File System" Manager Shortcut
1. Click on the download button below to download the file below.
Encrypting_File_System_Manager.zip
Download
2. Save the .zip file to you desktop.
3. Open the downloaded .zip file and extract the Encrypting File System Manager shortcut to the desktop
.
4. Right click on the
Encrypting File System Manager shortcut, and click on
Properties,
General tab, and on the
Unblock button. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: If you do not have a Unblock button under the General tab, then the shortcut is already unblocked and you can continue on to step 5.
5. In
Vista and
Windows 7, you can now
Pin to Taskbar (Windows 7 only) or
Pin to Start Menu, add to
Quick Launch,
assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.
6. In
Windows 8, you can
Pin to Taskbar on desktop,
Pin to Start screen, add to
Quick Launch,
assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.
7. When done, you can delete the downloaded .zip file if you like, or save it to use again.
OPTION TWO
To Manually Create "Encrypting File System" Manager Shortcut
1. Right click on a empty area on desktop, and click on
New and
Shortcut.
2. Type the location below into the location area, and click on the
Next button. (see screenshot below)
C:\Windows\System32\rekeywiz.exe
3. Type
Encrypting File System Manager for the name, and click on the
Finish button. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: You can name this anything you would like though. That's it,
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