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Syntax
Displays or alters the encryption of directories
[files] on NTFS partitions.
CIPHER [/E | /D] [/S:dir] [/A] [/I] [/F] [/Q] [/H]
[/K] [pathname [...]]
CIPHER /W:directory
CIPHER /X[:efsfile] [filename]
| /E |
Encrypts the specified
directories. Directories will be marked so that files added
afterward will be encrypted. |
| /D |
Decrypts the specified
directories. Directories will be marked so that files added
afterward will not be encrypted. |
| /S |
Performs the specified operation
on directories in the given directory and all subdirectories. |
| /A |
Operation for files as well as
directories. The encrypted file could become decrypted when it
is modified if the parent directory is not encrypted. It is
recommended that you encrypt the file and the parent
directory. |
| /I |
Continues performing the
specified operation even after errors
have occurred. By default, CIPHER stops when an error is
encountered. |
| /F |
Forces the encryption operation
on all specified objects, even those which are already
encrypted. Already-encrypted objects are skipped by default. |
| /Q |
Reports only the most essential
information. |
| /H |
Displays files with the hidden
or system attributes. These files are omitted by default. |
| /K |
Create new file encryption key
for the user running CIPHER. If this option is chosen, all the
other options will be ignored. |
| /W |
Removes data from available
unused disk space on the entire
volume. If this option is chosen, all other options are
ignored.
The directory specified can be anywhere in a local volume. If
it
is a mount point or points to a directory in another volume,
the
data on that volume will be removed. |
| /X |
Backup EFS certificate and keys
into file filename. If efsfile is provided, the current user's
certificate(s) used to encrypt the file will be backed up.
Otherwise, the user's current EFS certificate and keys will be
backed up. |
| dir |
A directory path. |
| pathname |
Specifies a pattern, file or
directory. |
| efsfile |
An encrypted file path. |
Used without parameters, CIPHER displays the
encryption state of the current directory and any files it
contains. You may use multiple directory names and wildcards. You
must put spaces between multiple parameters.
Examples
Display the status of each of the files in the
current directory. cipher For example, running the above command may display
something similar to the below example. C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\Desktop>cipher
Listing C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\Desktop\
New files added to this directory will not be encrypted.
U 308374_harddisk_3.jpg
U cipher.txt
U FileZilla.lnk
U hope.txt
U inc
U l-gloss.pdf
U logos.gif
U Main_Page.htm
U Main_Page_files
U maxivistademo.zip
U move Next, if we wanted to enable encryption on a
directory, type a command similar to the below command. In the
below example this is encrypting the hope directory and will
encrypt any files added into that directory after the encryption
has been enabled. cipher /e hope
Encrypting directories in C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\Desktop\
test [OK] 1 directorie(s) within 1 directorie(s)
were encrypted. |
