JSI Tip 5610. How do I prevent users from encrypting files and folders?
Jerold Schulman
August 12, 2002
1 Min Read
Starting with Windows NT 5.0, AKA Windows 2000, the NTFS file system allowed you toencrypt files and folders.
To prevent encryption from being used on a computer:
1. Copy / Paste the following to a DisableEFs.reg file:
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionEFS]
"EfsConfiguration"=dword:00000001
2. Merge the DisableEFs.reg file with the computer's registry.
3. Shutdown and restart Windows.
When anyone attempts to encrypt a file system object, the will receive an error message.
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