HelpSpot: Removing encryption from files and folders

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If you later decide that you no longer want to encrypt a folder or file, you can remove
encryption by completing the following steps:
1. In Windows Explorer, right-click the file or folder you want to decrypt and then
select Properties.
2. On the General tab of the related property dialog box, click Advanced.
3. In the Advanced Attributes dialog box, clear the “Encrypt contents to secure data”
checkbox and then click OK twice.

4. For a file, Windows 7 decrypts the file and restores it to its original format. For a
folder, Windows 7 turns off encryption for that folder. If the folder contains sub-folders or files, Windows 7 displays the Confirm Attribute Changes dialog box:
• To decrypt only the folder, select “Apply changes to this folder only” and then
click OK. Newly created files in this folder will not be encrypted.
• To decrypt the folder, subfolders, and all related files, select “Apply changes to
this folder, subfolders and files” and then click OK. All existing files and newly
created files in this folder will be unencrypted, and newly created files will not
be encrypted.

As part of routine maintenance, you should periodically review your computer’s core
configuration. You control many of your computer’s core configuration properties
through the System Properties dialog box. You use the System Properties dialog box to
manage settings for your computer’s network identity, environment variables, user
profiles, and much more. The System Properties dialog box has five tabs:
• Computer Name
• Hardware
• Advanced
• System Protection
• Remote
The sections that follow discuss how to use the related options to configure the com-puter name (including domain, workgroup, and homegroup membership), view hard-ware settings, set advanced options, and manage remote access. Chapter 21covers how
to configure system protection options.

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