1875 How to monitor conversion process from the Windows Registry

Updated on Feb 6, 2026

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While conversion of a disk is occurring, either encryption or decryption, you can monitor the progress via a Windows Registry entry

"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WinMagic\SecureDoc\ConversionProgress"

It will show the percentage complete.

"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WinMagic\SecureDoc\ConversionDirection"

Will show a 0 for decryption and a 1 for encryption.

NOTE: These registry entries only existing during the conversion of a disk.

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