{"id":4131,"date":"2016-11-22T03:37:50","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T09:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.filepuma.com\/?p=4131"},"modified":"2024-06-18T05:04:35","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T12:04:35","slug":"how-to-get-rid-of-lock-icons-on-encrypted-folders-in-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filepuma.com\/reviews\/how-to-get-rid-of-lock-icons-on-encrypted-folders-in-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get Rid of Lock Icons on Encrypted Folders in Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #69656e\">Do you share your computer with other people? One of the best ways to keep your files secure when other people are using your PC is to encrypt<\/span><span style=\"color: #69656e\">\u00a0them. Windows makes it easy to do this, but there is a slight drawback.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #69656e;text-align: justify\">By default, when you encrypt a folder Windows displays a little lock icon over it. Generally, you don\u2019t encrypt folders for no reason,\u00a0so this is basically advertising to others that there\u2019s something in there that you don\u2019t want them to see!<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #69656e;text-align: justify\">Fear not, because you can actually get rid of this lock icon, it just requires a tiny bit of registry tweaking.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #69656e;text-align: justify\">First, type\u00a0regedit\u00a0into the Windows 10 search box. Once it opens, navigate to the following key:<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #69656e;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-style: italic;color: #f93d1b\">HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Shell Icons<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #69656e;text-align: justify\">If the Shell Icons key doesn\u2019t exist, you\u2019ll need to create it. To do so, scroll up to the Explorer key,right-click it, choose\u00a0New,\u00a0and select\u00a0Key.\u00a0Name the key\u00a0Shell Icons.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #69656e;text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4132\" src=\"https:\/\/www.filepuma.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/fsibn2045834096303d8d262029571.png\" alt=\"2016-06-16_163815\" width=\"640\" height=\"219\" \/>If you already have the key, you\u2019ll need to create a new string value named\u00a0178.\u00a0To do so,\u00a0right-click\u00a0Shell Icons,\u00a0then select\u00a0New,\u00a0followed by\u00a0String Value.\u00a0Name it\u00a0178.<\/p>\n<p class=\"linked-out\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #69656e\">The next bit is a little complicated. You\u2019ll need to make a blank icon file<\/span><span style=\"color: #69656e\">(.ico). TheWindowsClub has created one on\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-weight: 600;color: #e22524\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/remove-lock-overlay-icon-encrypted-files\">this post<\/a><span style=\"color: #69656e\">\u00a0(download\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-weight: 600;color: #e22524\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/downloads\/blank%20icon.zip\">here<\/a><span style=\"color: #69656e\">). Make note of where you saved the icon file, and\u00a0<\/span>edit the string for 178.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #69656e\">To do so,\u00a0<\/span>right-click \u00a0it\u00a0<span style=\"color: #69656e\">and select\u00a0<\/span>Modify.\u00a0Insert the path of the blank .ico file<span style=\"color: #69656e\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"linked-out\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #69656e\">Now, your encrypted files won\u2019t have the big obvious lock telling anyone who uses your PC that you\u2019re trying to hide something!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #69656e\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you share your computer with other people? One of the best ways to keep your files secure when other people are using your PC is to encrypt\u00a0them. Windows makes it easy to do this, but there is a slight drawback. 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