Infineon Security Platform Solution - User Initialization Wizard |
Configuring your Encrypting File System (EFS)
With this wizard page you can configure an easy access to your encrypted EFS data. It also allows you to revert to Microsoft EFS without Security Platform protection.
The following table gives hints on how to use this wizard page.
Wizard Page Element | Explanation |
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Select this option to
create an encrypted folder Documents\Encrypted Data or My
Documents\Encrypted Data (depending on your operating system).
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Select this option if you want to
access your EFS
folder via a desktop shortcut.
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Click here to revert to the
default EFS functionality (Microsoft EFS) without Security Platform protection. After reverting to Microsoft EFS, the file and folder encryption will work as follows:
Recommendation: Decrypt existing EFS files, if you cannot ensure that your EFS certificate and private key will be usable as long as you want to access these files.
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