• What you need to know
• Guided Walkthrough
• Audio/Video demonstration
• Step-by-step
• Opening a file with Universal Protection
• What you need to know
• Audio/Video demonstration
• Step-by-Step
• Related articles

In this section, we'll see how to open protected files on Windows.

What you need to know

• Have you received a Seclore-protected file?
• To open the file on your desktop, you need to install the Seclore desktop agent.

Installing the Seclore agent on Windows

• You must sign in using your work email ID or the email ID you use to communicate with the organization that has shared the file.

Signing in to Seclore

*If you don't wish to install Seclore for Windows app on your computer, you can open the files in your browser.

Opening protected files in your browser

Guided Walkthrough

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Step-by-step

Similarly, you can open classified files on your desktop.

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You can also change the classification of unprotected files to match the sensitivity of the newly added content.

Click here to learn more about changing the classification of files>>

Enabling Microsoft Copilot for protected documents

• By default, the Microsoft Copilot chat pane is disabled in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• You will see the Copilot chat pane for protected documents only if it has been enabled by your organization.
• When enabled, a watermark will automatically appear on the Copilot chat pane for protected content.
• Here's how the Copilot chat pane will appear in your protected files:

Opening a file with Universal Protection

What you need to know

• Files formats other than the standard ones are protected with Universal Protection. Files formats such as MP3, MP4, JT, BPX, SVG, PSD, XD, etc. are considered universal file formats.
• Users with permissions on such files will always have Full Control, which means they can even unprotect the file.
• To open a file with Universal protection, you need to install the Seclore desktop agent.

Audio/Video demonstration

Step-by-Step

Related articles

Opening protected files in your browser

Opening files with Adminless Seclore agent

Opening files with Universal Protection

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