Next, select Encrypt a non-system partition/drive and select Next. Select the drive you want to encrypt and follow the instructions on the screen.

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If you enable this policy setting, File Explorer will not automatically encrypt files that are moved to an encrypted folder.

Just to remind you that EFS file encryption only works on the Pro, Enterprise and Education editions of Windows 11 and Windows 10. Users of Windows 11/10 Home are unsupported by this feature.