Encryption Plugin for Windows Explorer provides easy file encryption support for standard Windows Explorer. It adds new Encrypt/Decrypt/Shred/Create SFX commands to the context menu of Windows Explorer. AEPE introduces dozen of strong encryption algorithms including 256-bit AES. Additionally it provides all methods of secure files deletion (actually it supports 20 file wiping algorithms including Quick Wipe and Peter Gutmann method). AEPE can read decryption keys from connected USB Pendrives and supports encryption by secret passphraze and by public-private pair of encryption keys (512-2048 bit keys are supported)

Additionally, Encryption plugin for Windows Explorer provides convenient ability to edit encrypted documents directly . In this mode, user clicks the encrypted document, provides password and the document is opened in the associated windows application. The document will be automatically reencrypted when the document is closed.