Also, note the icon before unlocking, and once you unlock it, its icon changes. This is how you encrypt and secure your portable devices and drives using BitLocker To Go in Windows 10.

You don't want to space icons out with little generic Windows executable icons after all, you want to space them out with nice transparent open space. We've created a 256x256 transparent icon for you.

Right-click the new BitLocker Drive Encryption shortcut, and click Properties. Click the Shortcut tab , then click the Change Icon button. Now copy and paste the following into the Look for icons ...

Not only does BitLocker give users the ability to encrypt their OS volume to prevent access to a system and the data stored on it, but a feature called BitLocker to Go (introduced with Windows 7 ...