manage-bde.exe

[iburnell]

I am trying to capture a simple script. Manage-bde.exe is a command line tool to enable bitlocker.

From a dos prompt I would enter manage-bde.exe -on Z: -pw

This says enable bitlocker on the Z partition and set a password

It thens prompts you to enter a password and confirm - this is why I want to set up an au3.exe script so I can automate it

So with the script editor I'm simply trying to enter Run("manage-bde.exe -on Z: -pw") but not having much success

If I compile the script and run as administrator then I get a dos box up asking for the password. problem is I'm trying to run it properly i.e. inteactively so I can capture the syntax back to prompt for the password and then carry on from there

What am I doing worng?

[ArdonTares]

If you have 64bit Windows add this:

 

 

#include <WinAPIFiles.au3>

_WinAPI_Wow64EnableWow64FsRedirection(False)

 

Cause of this problem is that:

http://ovidiupl.wordpress.com/2008/07/11/useful-wow64-file-system-trick/

 

 

I use AutoIt to lock my F: drive

 

Local $rc = _RunDos("manage-bde -lock f:")

 

Return values:

$rc = 0                        Drive is successfully locked.

$rc = -2147024891     Drive lock fail. Some file is opened.

$rc = -2144272384     Drive is already locked.     

[randhir_singh]

I had the same issue, I ended up using powershell.  

The command to run is- Enable-BitLocker -MountPoint c:  -EncryptionMethod aes256 -Password ("the password that user wants" | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force) -PasswordProtector