Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Add Encrpyt Command To Context Menu

How to add the Encrypt/Decrypt command to the right context menu
Want to be able to right click a file or folder and select to encrypt or decrypt it, without having to click through the Properties | Advanced dialog boxes? You can do it by editing the registry. Here's how:

1. Open your favorite registry editor.
2. Navigate to this entry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Advanced
3. In the right details pane, right click an empty spot and select New, then DWORD Value.
4. Name the new value EncryptionContextMenu.
5. Double click the new value, and in the data value box, enter 1.
6. Click OK and close the registry editor.
7. Restart the computer for the new setting to take effect.