After you encrypt a directory, you are no longer able to switch to the directory and use the cipher command to view the encryption status of files within the directory.

Learn how to use EFS Encryption to secure files, via Advanced File Attributes or using the cipher command line tool and make them inaccessible to others.

You can use cipher and compact command line search and list all your EFS encrypted and compressed files & folders on Windows 11/10.

How to Encrypt a Batch File. Batch files have a BAT extension and, somewhat similarly to executable files, are used to run system commands through the Windows Command Prompt. Unlike an executable ...

This will create the file myfinancial.info.gpg. Note that the original file is not deleted, so once you feel safe encrypting and decrypting files, you probably want to delete your unencrypted versions ...

Alternatively, you may enter the following command to create an encryption output file in base-64 encoding, making it suitable for copying into text files or email.