Kaspersky PURE User Guide - Kaspersky Lab

U S E R G U I D EADDING FILES INTO CONTAINERAfter data decryption (see section "Locking and unlocking access to the data in the container" on page 175) the containeris displayed as a virtual removable drive within the system, being available to all the users of the operating system. Youcan open the container and place files and folders in it if you need to store them in encrypted form. To ensure datasecurity, we recommend that you encrypt the data after finishing the operations. After that, you need to enter a passwordto obtain access to the encrypted data.To open a container via the application interface:1. Open the main application window and click Data Encryption.2. In the window that opens, select the container, access to which is unblocked, and open it with a double-click.3. Place in it the data you want to encrypt.To open a container via the context menu, please do the following:1. Right-click to open the context menu of the container file or the shortcut to access the container (see section"Creating shortcut for quick access to the container" on page 176) on the desktop.2. Select the Open container item from the menu that opens.CONFIGURING CONTAINERYou can change the container's name and the access password.You can only change the settings for the container, access to which is unblocked.To rename a container, please do the following:1. Open the main application window and click the Data Encryption button.2. In the window that opens, select a container and click the Configure button.3. In the window that will open, enter the password to obtain access to the container.4. In the Container settings window that opens, specify the new name of the container.To change the password for the container, please do the following:1. Open the main application window and click Data Encryption.2. In the window that opens, select a container and click the Configure button.3. In the window that will open, enter the password to obtain access to the container.4. In the Container settings window that opens, click the Change password link.5. In the Change password window that opens, fill in all fields.CREATING SHORTCUT FOR QUICK ACCESS TO THE CONTAINERTo ease the management of data, you can create a desktop shortcut for quick access to the container. You can use theshortcut to quickly open the container, and encrypt and decrypt data irrespective of the actual location of the containerfile (if you have access to the container file from your computer). You can create a shortcut for quick access to thecontainer during container creation or at any time after the creation of the container.176