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You may want to check out WinPT, which is described as follows . I have not explored this software personally, but its description seems to meet your needs.

1. What is WinPT?

Windows Privacy Tools (WinPT) is a collection of multilingual applications for digital encryption and signing of content. WinPT is GnuPG−based, compatible with OpenPGP compliant software (like PGP) and free for commercial and personal use under the GPL. WinPT helps you protect your privacy. Applications included in WinPT run under the Windows operating system and include:

The goal of WinPT is to ease installation, integration and use of applications that implement the OpenPGP security standard. This means protecting your data quickly and easily, including but not limited to email, files, instant messaging and in general any data available through the clipboard or through the file system in Windows.

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