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Encrypting and locking a shared folder
To encrypt and lock a shared folder, follow these steps:
1. Enable folder encryption:
o When you create a folder, tick "Encryption" under "Folder Encryption", enter a
password and choose to save an encryption key.
o To encrypt an existing folder, click "Edit Properties" under "Action" in "Control Panel" >
"Privilege Settings" > "Shared Folders", tick "Encrypt this folder", enter a password
and choose to save encryption key.
2. Go to "Control Panel" > "Privilege Settings" > "Shared Folders", click "Encryption
Management" under "Action".
3. Switch to "Lock" and click "OK".
Encryption verification
After a folder is locked, that folder will be invisible in File Station. If an encrypted shared
folder is unlocked, it will reappear in File Station.
Unlocking a shared folder
To unlock an encrypted and locked shared folder, go to "Control Panel" > "Privilege Settings"
> "Shared Folders", click "Encryption Management" under "Action" and enter the password or
upload the encryption key file.
Encryption Management
After the folder is encrypted, click "Encryption Management" under "Action" in "Control Panel"
> "Privilege Settings" > "Shared Folders" to edit encryption settings:
 To save the encryption key, select the "Download" tab and enter the encryption password
to export the key.
 You can choose to automatically mount the encrypted folder by selecting "Mount
automatically on start up" in the "Save" tab. Enter the encryption key to mount the folder
automatically for access. This option will be automatically enabled if the "Save encryption
key" is checked when encrypting the folder. Folders that do not have this option enabled
will be locked after the system restarts.
 To prevent access to the encrypted folder, enable the lock function in the "Lock" tab.
Select "Forget the saved key" if you want the folder to remain locked after the system
restarts (i.e., without auto mount when system starts.) To unlock the folder later, click
"Unlock Share Folder" and then enter or import the encryption key to unlock the folder.
Note:
 It is strongly recommended that you export and save the encryption key. You need the
key to unlock or decrypt the encrypted folder.
 You cannot change an encrypted folder’s volume or path.