I have tried using the technique of creating a bat file to hide the folder with a password, however this no longer locks and hides the file for some reason and it is unsceure anyway due to the bat file being able to be opened.

I currently use WinRar but I absolutely hate how every file is compressed and therefore if I have a file full of photos open in WinRar, for example, each one takes a while to load and I can't navigate through them using arrow keys. It doesn't need to necessarily be encrypted or anything it just needs to be secure.

If device encryption is turned off, select Turn on.I need to password protect a folder. If Device encryption doesn't appear, it isn't available. Select the Start button, then select Settings > Update & Security > Device encryption. For more info, see Create a local or administrator account in Windows 10. Sign in to Windows with an administrator account (you may have to sign out and back in to switch accounts). If the value says Meets prerequisites, then device encryption is available on your device. Or you can select the Start button, and then under Windows Administrative Tools, select System Information.Īt the bottom of the System Information window, find Device Encryption Support. In the search box on the taskbar, type System Information, right-click System Information in the list of results, then select Run as administrator. To see if you can use Windows device encryption If your device doesn't support BitLocker, you may be able to use Windows Device Encryption instead. For more info see Back up your BitLocker recovery key. It only takes a few moments to back up your recovery key. If you don't have that key, you won't be able to access the drive, and Microsoft support doesn't have access to the recovery keys either so they can't provide it to you, or create a new one, if it's been lost. If BitLocker thinks an unauthorized user is trying to access the drive it will lock the system and ask for the BitLocker recovery key. If you have BitLocker turned on for your device, it's important to be sure you have the Recovery Key backed up somewhere. It isn't available on Windows Home edition. Note: You'll only see this option if BitLocker is available for your device.

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