+ Encrypt and decrypt files using File Explorer. |
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+ - Open File Explorer, right-click a work document, and then click Work from the File Ownership menu.
+ - Make sure the file is encrypted by right-clicking the file again, clicking Advanced from the General tab, and then clicking Details from the Compress or Encrypt attributes area.
The file should show up under the heading, This enterprise domain can remove or revoke access: <your_enterprise_identity>. For example, contoso.com.
+ - In File Explorer, right-click the same document, and then click Personal from the File Ownership menu.
+ - Make sure the file is decrypted by right-clicking the file again, clicking Advanced from the General tab, and then verifying that the Details button is unavailable.
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+ - Open the File Explorer app, browse to a file location, click the elipsis (...), and then click Select to mark at least one file as work-related.
+ - Click the elipsis (...) again, click File ownership from the drop down menu, and then click Work.
+ - Make sure the file is encrypted, by locating the Briefcase icon next to the file name.
+ - Select the same file, click File ownership from the drop down menu, and then click Personal.
+ - Make sure the file is decrypted and that you're no longer seeing the Briefcase icon next to file name.
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+ Create work documents in enterprise-allowed apps. |
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+ - Start an unenlightened but allowed app, such as a line-of-business app, and then create a new document, saving your changes.
+ - Make sure the document is encrypted to your Enterprise Identity.
This might take a few minutes and require you to close and re-open the file.Important Certain file types like .exe and .dll , along with certain file paths, such as %windir% and %programfiles% are excluded from automatic encryption. For more info about your Enterprise Identity and adding apps to your allowed apps list, see either [Create a Windows Information Protection (WIP) policy using Microsoft Intune](create-wip-policy-using-intune.md) or [Create a Windows Information Protection (WIP) policy using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager](create-wip-policy-using-sccm.md), based on your deployment system.
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