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AxCrypt File Encryption for Windows

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AxCrypt File Encryption for Windows
26 Mar 09

AxCrypt is a pretty nice open source (OSS) encryption program for Windows. What makes me want to write about it though is that it integrates directly with Windows Explorer and includes a right click context menu for easier manipulation of files so there isn't a program that has to be started or opened (I always hate the wait for a program to start up...).

axcrypt

According to their site:

AxCrypt is the leading open source file encryption software for Windows. It integrates seamlessly with Windows to compress, encrypt, decrypt, store, send and work with individual files.

AxCrypt is pretty straight forward;

To encrypt:

  1. right click over a file
  2. choose "AxCrypt"
  3. choose "Encrypt"

    AxCrypt Encrypt

  4. enter a passphrase

    AxCrypt Enter Passphrase

  5. click ok

To decrypt:

  1. right click over archive
  2. choose "AxCrypt"
  3. choose "Decrypt"

    AxCrypt Decrypt

  4. enter passkey

    axcrypt_decrypt_enter_passphrase

  5. click ok

If you need to share sensitive files between people this is a really nice project.

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