I’ve experienced similar frustrations with files re-encrypting themselves after manual decryption, even when they weren’t supposed to be part of the ‘secured folders.’ It’s incredibly disruptive to workflow. Judy, your point about this issue persisting for over a year is concerning. Has anyone found a reliable way to stop AxCrypt from re-encrypting files outside the designated secured folders, or is the ‘Decrypt Permanently’ option truly the only way, even for files that were never intentionally encrypted by the user?