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General policy page

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Use this page to configure the General policy.

Option definitions

Option

Definition

Windows Explorer integration

Specifies the Windows Explorer context menu options available to a user on the client system.

  • Allow Explicit Encrypt — Enables the Encrypt option for users. Default value is disabled.

  • Allow Explicit Decrypt — Enables the Decrypt option for users. Default value is disabled.

  • Enable padlock icon visibility — Displays a padlock icon on encrypted objects. Default value is enabled.

  • Enable search encrypted — Enables Search encrypted option for client system users. Default value is disabled.

  • Allow creation of Self-Extractor — Enables users to manually create encrypted self-extractors for files and folders. Self-extractors are password-protected executable files that can be decrypted on any Windows system. Default value is enabled. This policy also enables sending self-extractors as CAB file attachments from the context menu.

Email Integration

Specifies the Windows Explorer context menu options available to a user on the client system.

  • Enable sending of encrypted email attachments — Enables managed system users to send encrypted email attachments to recipients in the form of SBA files. Default value is disabled.

Duplicate

Duplicates or copies the policy with a different name that can be assigned to a different user or system.

Save

Saves the product settings policy of Trellix FRP.

Cancel

Closes the policy page without saving the changes.