Endpoint Encryption for Files and Folders 4.0 User Guide - McAfee

Using the Context menu
The options available when you right-click a file or a folder are referred as context menu options.
The context menu options for files and folders are identical and are explained in general. The
context menu options are subjected to policy control and can be made unavailable to you by
the administrator. When you right-click a file or a folder the McAfee Endpoint Encryption submenu
with the options the administrator has enabled for you appears.
Tasks
Encrypting a file or a folder
Decrypting a file or a folder
Searching for encrypted files or folders
Creating a Self-Extractor
Attaching a file or a folder as Self-Extractor
Attaching an encrypted file
Encrypting a file or a folder
The Encrypt option on the context menu allows you to manually encrypt a file or a folder. This
option is unavailable to the users if the file or the folder has been encrypted by policy.
Before you begin
Ensure that the file you want to encrypt is not being used by any application.
Task
1 Right click on the file or the folder to be encrypted, then select McAfee Endpoint
Encryption | Encrypt. The Select key dialog box appears.
2 Select the key with which you want to encrypt the file, then click OK.
NOTE: Click Details to view additional information about the selected key.
Depending on the policy settings, a padlock appears on the file indicating that the file is encrypted
with the selected key.
Alternatively, right click on the file or the folder to be encrypted, then select Properties. On
the Encryption tab select the key with which you want to encrypt then click Apply.
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