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What does this exclamation mark icon mean on my drive C?
I just noticed that if I open up the root drives folder on my desktop in Windows Explorer, the disk C: is showing with this exclamation mark icon:
Is there a way to know why?
What does this exclamation mark icon mean on my drive C?
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New #3
Yes, I do have Bitlocker enabled. But what does activation mean in that case?
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New #4
The "Pad Lock" symbol is showing "Unlocked". You need to activate it.
Suspend or Resume BitLocker Protection for Drive in Windows 10 | Windows 10 Tutorials
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It is obviously unlocked when I'm using the system. This is a normal behavior. Otherwise I wouldn't be able to make that screenshot.
I just realized though (since you brought up bitlocker) that if I right click it and then go to manage bitlocker it shows this little gem:
So if I click "Resume protection" the exclamation mark and suspension goes away.
The big question now is why tf was it suspended?
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Sorry about that!It is obviously unlocked when I'm using the system. This is a normal behavior. Otherwise I wouldn't be able to make that screenshot.
I just realized though (since you brought up bitlocker) that if I right click it and then go to manage bitlocker it shows this little gem:
So if I click "Resume protection" the exclamation mark and suspension goes away.
The big question now is why tf was it suspended?
My fingers got ahead of my brain! Not sure, a process, like a backup or such, had to suspend it and didn't clean up?
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New #7
No problem. You clued me in to the issue.
Although, a "process had to suspend it". What? There should be no way for any process to access the encryption on my disk. If so this is a major security flaw!
Also how about popping a giant red popup on my screen as soon as that happens to let me know? Instead of this sh*t:
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New #8
I too use BitLocker why was it suspended? I don't know unless by accident it was manually suspend, or a recent system glitch suspended the protection. This tutorial has a good explanation on BitLocker and turning ON-OFF features.
Suspend or Resume BitLocker Protection for Drive in Windows 10 | Windows 10 Tutorials
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My only guess is that during one of those annoying Windows updates (that take about an hour) that we get once a year or so, Microsoft disabled it but then forgot to enable it back or there might have been an error or something and it got left out. I just wish that they used their own notification system to warn people about it instead of showing their "Get office 360" popups.
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