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Options for file encryption?

theProvider
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I have some video clips, docs, and a bit of audio files that I want to encrypt, or at least be unaccesible by none other than me.  I share my desktop computer with other people.

 

So far I have tried:

 

Partion/Drive encryption (i.e. bitlocker, truecrypt) -- Major con for me is it's not transparent (having to put password everytime) and it's not "dynamic."  Yes, I know I could make a dynamic encrypted drive but I still have to shrink (from main partition; I only use 1 hdd) and partition that drive.  Most of all, once the drive is unlocked/mounted, the partition is now visible to all other window account (ie. guest).

 

Encrypted File System (EFS) -- A better option for me.  The only problem is that folders/file that use EFS are still visible by other windows accounts.  Other people cannot open the file itself, but the folder it's in and even their filenames are all visible to anyone, even guest accounts.

 

Are there any other encryption solutions out there?

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