Research tells me that W10 does not allow password protection of files and folders, but that I can encrypt a folder or zip folder. But the encrypt feature is grayed out in Folder/General – Attributes. Further research says I can fix this in the Registry, that it is a system function. I am not comfortable messing with the registry, so I am here asking for some better advice about what is happening and how to decrypt it when needed, since the instructions I see don’t mention that. Hmmm…
I had been using an excellent third-party encryption program, but after a computer refresh, despite having saved copies to a flash drive, something went amiss and neither my familiar password or about 60 variations of it that I tried would open the files, so I had to discard it altogether. Fortunately I had at least some of the files elsewhere, unencrypted. But it would be handier to have them easily available for reference.
Unlike most, I follow the advice to use an non-admin account for nearly everything I do. I don’t use cloud storage, and would like to simply have a protected folder or two on my machine. This seems an easy solution, but want to look before leaping.
