Quick Encryption

Quick Encryption is an easy-to-use security application that can quickly encrypt and decrypt files using a password via the AES-256 algorithm. It's practical for users looking for a way to quickly lock and password-protect files without having to resort to elaborate software applications with complex features.

This utility doesn't require installation. Files from the downloaded archive can be extracted to any location on the disk or even copied to a USB flash drive to directly launch Quick Encryption on any PC, without having to install anything beforehand. It doesn't change the system registry configuration or leave any traces behind after removing it from your machine, leaving the partition clean.

The startup window is very small and shows only two buttons for encrypting and decrypting files. Click the first button and use the popup file browser to locate and choose a file that you want to encrypt. Afterward, Quick Encryption shows another file browser, this time for specifying where you want to save the encrypted file and what you want to call it.

In the following step, it's necessary to enter the password that will be required for decrypting the file. As a general rule, it's best to make the secret code as complex as possible, from many characters made of upper and lower case letters, symbols, and numbers. Once the encryption job is over, the tool offers to delete the original, unencrypted file, as well as opens the destination in Windows Explorer so you can inspect results.

Encrypted files have the .qenc format and can only be decrypted using this tool. If you remove Quick Encryption from your computer and leave behind encrypted items, it will not be possible to decrypt them until you copy the app on your PC again. It's not possible to encrypt folders or multiple files at the same time.

To decrypt files, you can either double-click them in Windows Explorer (the .quenc format is automatically associated with this program) or click the second button in the main menu of the app, use the popup file browser to indicate the destination and name of the decrypted file, and enter the correct passphrase.

All things considered, Quick Encryption seems to be a simplistic application. However, it's quite practical for rapidly encrypting files using AES-256 to protect your sensitive information.