Encryption is the strongest protection that Windows provides to help you keep your files and folders secure. When you encrypt a file or folder with EFS, File ownership will be available in the context menu of the file or folder to make it easier to decrypt. In this post, we will show you how to add or remove the EFS File ownership context menu of files and folders for all users in Windows 10.
Add or Remove EFS File ownership from Context Menu
You must be signed in as an administrator to add or remove the File ownership from the context menu in Windows 10.
To add or remove the File ownership from the context menu in Windows 10, do the following;
To add EFS File Ownership to Context Menu
- Press Windows key + R to invoke the Run dialog.
- In the Run dialog box, type notepad and hit Enter to open Notepad.
- Copy and paste the syntax below into the text editor.
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\UpdateEncryptionSettingsWork]
"AppliesTo"="System.StorageProviderId:<>\"network\" AND System.StorageProviderProtectionMode:<>1 AND System.StorageProviderProtectionMode:<>2"
"AttributeMask"=dword:00002000
"AttributeValue"=dword:00002000
"ExtendedSubCommandsKey"="*\\shell\\UpdateEncryptionSettingsWork"
"ImpliedSelectionModel"=dword:00000000
"MUIVerb"="@efscore.dll,-101"
"MultiSelectModel"="Player"
"Position"="Bottom"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\UpdateEncryptionSettingsWork\Shell\Decrypt]
"AttributeMask"=dword:00002000
"AttributeValue"=dword:00002000
"CommandStateHandler"="{5B6D1451-B1E1-4372-90F5-88E541B4DAB9}"
"Icon"="edputil.dll,-1002"
"MUIVerb"="@efscore.dll,-103"
"ShowAsDisabledIfHidden"=""
"SuppressionPolicyEx"="{2F574F12-4EAA-46CF-BCBF-4E8055002E0C}"
"UpdateType"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\UpdateEncryptionSettingsWork\Shell\Decrypt\command]
"DelegateExecute"="{5B6D1451-B1E1-4372-90F5-88E541B4DAB9}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\UpdateEncryptionSettings]
"AppliesTo"="System.StorageProviderId:<>\"network\" AND System.StorageProviderProtectionMode:<>1 AND System.StorageProviderProtectionMode:<>2"
"AttributeMask"=dword:00002000
"AttributeValue"=dword:00002000
"ExtendedSubCommandsKey"="Directory\\shell\\UpdateEncryptionSettings"
"ImpliedSelectionModel"=dword:00000000
"MUIVerb"="@efscore.dll,-101"
"MultiSelectModel"="Player"
"Position"="Bottom"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\UpdateEncryptionSettings\Shell\Decrypt]
"AttributeMask"=dword:00002000
"AttributeValue"=dword:00002000
"CommandStateHandler"="{5B6D1451-B1E1-4372-90F5-88E541B4DAB9}"
"Icon"="edputil.dll,-1002"
"MUIVerb"="@efscore.dll,-103"
"ShowAsDisabledIfHidden"=""
"SuppressionPolicyEx"="{2F574F12-4EAA-46CF-BCBF-4E8055002E0C}"
"UpdateType"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\UpdateEncryptionSettings\Shell\Decrypt\command]
"DelegateExecute"="{5B6D1451-B1E1-4372-90F5-88E541B4DAB9}"
- Now, click the File option from the menu and select Save As button.
- Choose a location (preferably desktop) where you want to save the file.
- Enter a name with .reg extension (eg; Add-FileOwnership-ContextMenu.reg) and choose All Files from the Save as type drop-down list.
- Double-click the saved .reg file to merge it.
- If prompted, click on Run > Yes (UAC) > Yes > OK to approve the merge.
- You can now delete the .reg file if you like.
To remove EFS File Ownership from Context Menu
- Open Notepad and copy and paste the syntax below into the text editor.
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\UpdateEncryptionSettingsWork] [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\UpdateEncryptionSettings]
- Save the file to your desktop with .reg extension (eg; Remove-FileOwnership-ContextMenu.reg) and choose All Files from the Save as type drop-down list.
- Double-click the saved .reg file to merge it.
- If prompted, click on Run > Yes (UAC) > Yes > OK to approve the merge.
- You can now delete the .reg file if you like.
That’s it on how to add or remove EFS File Ownership from Context Menu in Windows 10!
