Lock a BitLocker drive without restarting

 
 
  • Gérald Barré

Using Windows Explorer, you cannot lock a drive protected by BitLocker. However, you can re-lock an unlocked BitLocker drive using the following command (as administrator):

Shell
manage-bde -lock e:

Or using PowerShell (as administrator):

PowerShell
Lock-BitLocker -MountPoint e:

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