Blcui

Blcui is a command-line interface tool designed for interacting with the BitLocker encryption system on Windows. It allows users to manage BitLocker-encrypted drives directly from the terminal, offering an alternative to the graphical user interface. This tool provides functionalities such as encrypting and decrypting drives, suspending and resuming encryption, and retrieving recovery keys. Blcui is particularly useful for automation tasks, scripting, and remote management scenarios where graphical access is not available or practical.

The primary purpose of Blcui is to provide programmatic control over BitLocker. Users can integrate Blcui into scripts to automate the encryption of new drives, the decryption of drives upon data transfer, or the management of encryption status across multiple machines. It supports various encryption modes and key protectors, enabling flexible deployment according to security policies. The tool can also be used to query the current BitLocker status of a drive, check for encryption progress, and report any encountered errors.

Blcui operates by interacting with the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) or other underlying system APIs that control BitLocker. This allows it to perform actions that would typically require administrative privileges within the Windows environment. Its command-line nature makes it a valuable asset for system administrators and advanced users who prefer or require a text-based approach to drive encryption management.