1. Open a command prompt window by selecting Start | All Programs | Accessories | Command Prompt. Alternatively, you can click Start | Run, enter cmd in the Open field, and click OK.
2. In the command window, enter cd\ to navigate to the root directory of the drive where Data Loader is installed.
3. Navigate to the Data Loader \bin directory by entering this command. Replace the file path with the path from your system.cd C:\Program Files\salesforce.com\Data Loader\binNote If Data Loader was installed in non-admin mode, the \bin directory is "%APPDATALOCAL%\salesforce.com\Data Loader\bin"
4. Create an encryption key file by entering the following command. Replace [path to key file] with the key file path.encrypt.bat —k [path to key file]Note To see a list of command-line options forencrypt.bat, type encrypt.bat on the command line.
5. Note the key file path. In this example, the path is C:\Users\IEUser\.dataloader\dataLoader.key.