Change an Application Setting

  • Click Tools/Options/Application Settings menu item.
  • Make any changes to the Setting Value column.
  • To Save changes:
    • Click Apply to save changes and remain in the options form.
    • or
    • Click OK to save changes and return to main form.
  • To Cancel changes that have not yet been saved:
    • Click Cancel button.
  • To back out changes made since last save:
    • Click Reset button.
  • To restore the original installation settings:
    • Click Tools/Options/Settings/Restore.
    • CAUTION: This will overwrite any settings changes you have made since the application was installed.
  • To print the settings:
    • Click Tools/Options/Settings/Print Preview or Tools/Options/Settings/Print.
    • Click Tools/Options/Settings/Page Setup to adjust the format of the output

 

Valid Values for Application Settings

 

App Setting

Description/Notes

Valid Values

SaveErrorMessagesToErrorLog

Determines whether or not error messages are save to special app error log.

 

True

False

ApplicationLogFileName

Name of the file to which application error messages will be written.

 

File name plus extension.

ApplicationName

Name of application. This will affect some of the display areas of the application.

Should generally be pfPgpEncryptor unless tech support directs you to make a change.

 

HelpFileName

Only change this value if help file is not in same folder as executable.

 

File name plus extension.

AppConfigManager Path

Path to the appConfigManager program. (Default is to leave this value blank. pfPgpEncryptor assumes the appConfigManager is in the same folder as pfPgpEncryptor executable.)

Generally, you should leave this value blank. Only supply a valid Windows file path if the appConfigManager app has been moved.

 

keyStoreManagerPath

Folder where keystore files are located.

Leave blank to accept a default path which will be in your MyDocuments folder path.

Enter a path if you wish to save key store files to another folder.

Valid Windows file path
or
Blank

DefaultEncryptionDefinitionsFolder

Folder where files containing Encryption Definition values will be saved.

Leave blank to accept a default path which will be in your MyDocuments folder path.

Enter a path if you wish to save Encryption Definition files to another folder.

Valid Windows file path
or
Blank

DefaultDecryptionDefinitionsFolder

Folder where files containing Decryption Definition values will be saved.

Leave blank to accept a default path which will be in your MyDocuments folder path.

Enter a path if you wish to save Decryption Definition files to another folder.

Valid Windows file path
or
Blank

DefaultEncryptionKeysFolder

 

Folder where key files used for encryption are stored.

Leave blank to accept a default path which will be in your MyDocuments folder path.

Enter a path if you wish to store encryption key files to another folder.

Valid Windows file path
or
Blank

 

DefaultDecryptionKeysFolder

 

Folder where key files used for decryption are stored.

Leave blank to accept a default path which will be in your MyDocuments folder path.

Enter a path if you wish to save Decryption Definition files to another folder.

Valid Windows file path
or
Blank

 

DefaultCypher

 

Default is CAST5.

 

For more information on cypher alternatives, see a Comparison of Cypher Methods .

Must be blank or one of the following values:

CAST5, DES, TRIPLE_DES,

AES_128, AES_192, AES_256,

BLOWFISH, TWOFISH,

SAFER, IDEA.

 

DefaultHash

 

Default is SHA1.

For more information on hash alternatives, see a Comparison of Hash Methods

.

Must be blank or one of the following values:

SHA1, SHA256, SHA384,

SHA512, SHA224,

MD5, MD2, RIPEMD160

 

DefaultCompression

 

Default is ZIP.

For more information on compression alternatives, see Comparison of Compression Methods.

Must be blank or one of the following values:

ZIP, ZLIB, BZIP2,

UNCOMPRESSED

DefaultAsciiArmor

 

Default is true.

See Choosing Binary or Ascii Armored Output.

True or False

DefaultIntegrityCheck

 

Default

See Choosing Integrity Check for Encryption for more information.

True or False