Cannot Select Compress and Encrypt Check Boxes in Windows 2000

ID: Q225089

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to compress or encrypt folders in Windows 2000, the Compress and Encrypt check boxes within the property sheet of the folder are selected and unavailable. Also, you may not be able to create files in the folder.


CAUSE

This behavior occurs because you may have compressed a folder in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 that contains files or folders encrypted in Windows 2000. This could have occurred after either:

-or-


RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 5.


MORE INFORMATION

Compression of Windows 2000 NTFS volumes, folders, or files is not allowed on computers running Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 5.

When you compress the volume in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4, no warnings or error messages are displayed during compression of the folders encrypted from within Windows 2000.

Additional query words: 


Keywords          : nt4sp5fix 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000; winnt:4.0,4.0 SP4
Platform          : WINDOWS winnt 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: June 16, 1999