Comments on: Add Encrypt / Decrypt Options to Windows 7 / Vista Right-Click Menu

By: sensiguard

sensiguard — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:46:24 +0000

Thanks for sharing with us .very informative and interesting …keep posting

By: Koen

Koen — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:01:05 +0000

i fail to see the point if a file is only 2 mouseclicks away from decryption…
more important question i think is, can i encrypt it on my pc, then send it to someone who can decrypt it again with a sertain key that i can specify…

or do i need some other form of software for that function?

By: ayetun

ayetun — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:51:31 +0000

My window don’t have encryption contextmanu. so, what should i do to use encryption and decryption? pls help me

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

By: ayetun

ayetun — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:22:04 +0000

how can i installed encryp and excryp for window vista

By: .c

.c — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:22:59 +0000

jd2066, you are awesome! that program is exactly what I need. I know i have my network password stored on my laptop but I have no idea what it is. I was exploring the registry route, but the program you gave me is SPOT ON! thank you. glad i stopped in for help. thanks so much for your time and wisdom!

By: jd2066

jd2066 — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:23:38 +0000

@.c: I’m not sure if that registry has the passwords are not but the WZC service does have them.
Also if you want to just manage the passwords not build a program that uses the WZC APIs you use the program at http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wireless_key.html to do that.

By: .c

.c — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:04:59 +0000

thanks. for the help. one more question tho before i go to the forums… does this registry path hold the WEP or WPA keys for any of the corresponding SSIDs?

By: jd2066

jd2066 — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 06:03:58 +0000

@.c: I looked and that key is not encrypted, it’s just stored in an unique undocumented way.
That key is meant to only be used by the Wireless Zero Configuration (WZC) Service.
There are documented APIs to query the WZC service and ask it for things like the Wireless SSIDs it has stored.
If you want help with using the APIs, post a message on the forums about it and what you want to do.

By: .c

.c — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:46:01 +0000

jd2066, thanks for the response. I am looking at “reading” or decoding (not sure the correct term) this path in the registry (if possible): Software\Microsoft\WZCSVC\Parameters\Interfaces.

I don’t know much about code or what makes up a windows registry, but it looks to be written in binary (probably obvious). is it even possible to “decode” it (particularly the path above)?

any help would be useful. thanks.

By: jd2066

jd2066 — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:30:57 +0000

@.c: Registry keys don’t support encryption so nothing could decrypt something not encryted in the first place.
The data in a registry key could be encrypted though and in that case the encryption type would be up to the program that wrote to the key.
You would have to list which encrypted values you want to decrypt for me to lookup the program that uses it so I can find how it encrypts things.