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  • \ needs to be escaped as \\ - I cannot edit myselft as this is not 6 characters. :(
    – Suma
    Commented May 30, 2016 at 11:14
  • I have tried this and I am afraid it is not complete. The disk is not unlocked when I start the computer, I need to enter a long numeric password. When I check Manage-bde X: -protectors -get, the external key is listed as a file name only, with no path to the flash disk. I will try changing that with -protectors add.
    – Suma
    Commented May 30, 2016 at 13:36
  • I was not successful so far. Each attempt to use Manage-bde D: -protectors -add -StartupKey "F:\\" or Manage-bde D: -protectors -add -RecoveryKey "F:\\"creates a new key or recovery key on my USB stick, but the key is not used, the OS asks me for a password on first access.
    – Suma
    Commented May 30, 2016 at 13:54
  • Password will always take priority when it exists. If you use the GUI, click the blue sentence below the password box and then click the line "Load key from USB drive" ) it then will check for *.bek files in the root location of other (USB) drives. If you do not want the GUI to ask you for a password you will have to remove the password protector. The a clickable blue link will appear when you unlock the drive without a password box.
    – A71
    Commented May 30, 2016 at 14:23
  • Still no luck. When I removed the password, the drive is still not unlocked on startup. When I click on the drive to open it, a window appears with an option "Load key from USB drive", but when I click it, an error shows: "A valid USB key wasn't detected". The BEK file is present on the USB, but somehow it is now found. As I have removed the recovery password protector before (it was the only password protector I had), I guess I have lost the drive. (This does not matter - it was just a testing drive, I expected something may go wrong).
    – Suma
    Commented May 31, 2016 at 7:33