diff --git a/windows/security/information-protection/windows-information-protection/limitations-with-wip.md b/windows/security/information-protection/windows-information-protection/limitations-with-wip.md
index 1e633ed77d..f3d8fb9489 100644
--- a/windows/security/information-protection/windows-information-protection/limitations-with-wip.md
+++ b/windows/security/information-protection/windows-information-protection/limitations-with-wip.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ manager: dansimp
audience: ITPro
ms.collection: M365-security-compliance
ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 03/06/2019
+ms.date: 04/05/2019
ms.localizationpriority: medium
---
@@ -124,7 +124,16 @@ This table provides info about the most common problems you might encounter whil
If all apps need to be managed, enroll the device for MDM.
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+ By design, files in the Windows directory (%windir% or C:/Windows) cannot be encrypted because they need to be accessed by any user. If a file in the Windows directory gets encypted by one user, other users can't access it.
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+ Any attempt to encrypt a file in the Windows directory will return a file access denied error. But if you copy or drag and drop an encrypted file to the Windows directory, it will retain encryption to honor the intent of the owner.
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+ If you need to save an encrypted file in the Windows directory, create and encrypt the file in a different directory and copy it.
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