Policy

Do not allow encryption on all NTFS volumes

Encryption can add to the processing overhead of filesystem operations. Enabling this setting will prevent access to and creation of encrypted files. A reboot is required for this setting to take effect

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category System / Filesystem / NTFS
Policy ID ce3fe4a1254a
Internal name DisableEncryption

Registry

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HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Policies\NtfsDisableEncryption (enabled) = 1
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Policies\NtfsDisableEncryption (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

Encryption can add to the processing overhead of filesystem operations. Enabling this setting will prevent access to and creation of encrypted files. A reboot is required for this setting to take effect

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