The Smartcrypt menu presents the following ‘open file’ option.Position your cursor on ‘Smartcrypt’ to reveal the Smartcrypt sub-menu.Right click on the file to reveal the ‘right-click context menu’.
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Locate the desired file on your desktop or folder in Windows Explorer. Smartcrypt functionality can be access directly from the right-click menu for fast and convenient processing. If you don’t have the correct passphrase, you should request access to the passphrase from the originator of the file.Ĭoncept: When users are working with files, the right-click menu options provide a wide array of actions that can easily be executed on the desired file. You will be presented with the following screen. 
If the file was encrypted with passphrase, you must enter the passphrase supplied to you.If you don’t have the correct passphrase, you should request access to the passphrase from the originator of the file. You are informed that Smartcrypt was unable to decrypt the file and are provided with options to enter a passphrase.If the file was encrypted with Smartkey you DON’T have access to.
If the file was encrypted with Smartkey you have access to, Smartcrypt opens the file without any additional user actions. To open the file, Smartcrypt must also check your access to the file’s encryption key: Double-click on the file from a desktop icon, or selected folder from Windows Explorer. This process doesn’t change when working with Smartcrypt files, you can open them by double-clicking, like all other standard files. Your experience in opening encrypted files may vary based on how it was encrypted.Ĭoncept: The most common way users open files is to double-click on them. 
Protected files are encrypted, in order to open them users must have access to the requisite decryption keys, in the form of Smartkeys or passphrases.
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