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Hello Stefan,
This can be because Dropbox has changed something about how it installs itself (there’s no documented way to really know if Dropbox is installed, so we essentially make some ‘intelligent’ guesses).
It can also be because you don’t have Dropbox installed, or have customized it in a way that we don’t take into account.
Can you tell us more about the version of AxCrypt and Dropbox and if you’ve done any custom things with Dropbox?
Hello Sign In,
No, you don’t have to use two passwords – at least not after an initial time where older files are upgraded to AxCrypt 2 encryption and the password you use to sign in to AxCrypt with.
So, assume you have an older file “My Secrets-txt.axx” encrypted with password “secret123” and using AxCrypt 1.7.
1) You download, install AxCrypt 2.
2) You create an account ‘bob@secrets-r.us’. You set a new password here, ‘!fEllive8Vibution’ (a much better one).
3) You sign in to AxCrypt two with ‘bob@secrets-r.us’ and ‘!fEllive8Vibution’.
4) You try to open “My Secrets-txt.axx”.
5) You’re presented with a password prompt, because your new AxCrypt account password doesn’t work for this file.
6) You enter the old password “secret123”.
7) The file opens AND is at the same time automatically re-encrypted using AxCrypt 2 and the new password ‘!fEllive8Vibution’.You then sign out of AxCrypt and come back a day later.
1) You double-click your “My Secrets-txt.axx” file.
2) The new AxCrypt 2 sign in window appears. You sign in with ‘!fEllive8Vibution’.
3) The file opens without any further ado, since it was automatically re-encrypted with the new password in step 7) above.Hello Patrick,
It works as you say, but you must realize that nothing is sent to the recipient when you enter his/her email to share with. We just share the file encryption key *in the file* using the recipients public key.
So, encrypt the file, share the key using the recipients email address as identifier, then send the actual encrypted and key-shared file to the recipient (or share it using a cloud service).
If this still does not help you, please provide a detailed set of steps we can use to reproduce your problem.
Hello Agostinho,
It’s on the road map as mentioned, we just don’t have a timeframe. It’s not a technical difficulty, it’s how to add such a powerful feature without unwary users burning their fingers on it ;-)
Hello md,
Yes, the standalone works just like the installed version (minus Windows Explorer integration, i.e. double-click and right-click in Windows Explorer).
Yes, we ask for an email address then too, since it might be a good idea to synchronize keys with a new device, or enable Premium functionality if you’ve paid for that (we keep track of subscription status on a server).
However, if you don’t have Internet access, you will still need to enter an email but we won’t require a registration. We’ll accept anything that looks like a proper email.
You can also force AxCrypt to never attempt Internet connection by starting it with the –offline switch.
So, yes, the standalone really works standalone.
Hello Reza,
Please see the FAQ at http://www.axcrypt.net/ .
Hello skipro,
No, it’s not a technical problem, it’s a usability problem. We’ve had too many users making mistakes with the very powerful function of recursive folder encryption (i.e. Encrypt from c:\ for example…).
We’re considering ways to make the function more failsafe, while still useful.
Hi Anonymous!
Thanks for the feedback, even if pretty harsh. Still, we need to hear that as well.
It would actually be nice if you could elaborate a little more about why you H**E it ;-) From the post, the only concrete thing you mention is that we don’t display a special progress window while encrypting many files. I’m also a little suprised that you say you encrypted the same folder multiple times, since even if no progress window as such is show, the files are encrypted, and Windows Explorer will update continously as the files are encrypted.
Anyway, even if you don’t like it – tell us more about what you don’t like, since it makes it possible for us to consider what changes we should make.
November 7, 2016 at 15:10 in reply to: Sometimes Save of crypted fails, remaining the not crypted copy in %appdata% #4572Hi Roberto,
First of all – please update and keep your AxCrypt fully updated, you’re almost up-to-date, but not quite.
The next time this happens, please follow the instructions here immediately after the problem surfaces: http://www.axcrypt.net/blog/send-complete-error-report/ .
This will give us a chance to understand more about just what happens, and thus fix it.
Thank you for reporting this!
Hi Yngvar,
First of all – you can run AxCrypt 2 entirely offline, with no online registration using the –offline switch. You’ll still have to provide something that looks like an email address, but anything will do. It won’t be used for anything as long as you stay offline. In this mode AxCrypt will not attempt any form of network communication.
As for maintenance of version 1. Should there after all these years surface some real security issue with it, we’ll have to consider either pulling it entirely from the site, or fixing it. It will depend on the situation. If for example a Windows update makes it incompatible, we won’t fix it. So, if it won’t run on Windows 11 or whatever next version will be called, it won’t run.
Hi Tony,
For your specific scenario – personal archive use, I really think you’re misunderstanding how AxCrypt 2 works and the value of the portable / standalone version.
This is a fully featured entirely self-contained version of AxCrypt 2 that you can store along with your AxCrypt-encrypted files. The self-decrypting function is really limited in functionality and requires you to run each encrypted file separately to decrypt, and has a fundamental built-in limit of 2GB size (due to Windows restrictions in .exe size, not an AxCrypt limitation).
I really think you’ll be much better off using the standalone AxCrypt 2 version, than the AxCrypt 1 self-decrypting feature.
Hi Paul!
No, we don’t have such a web page. We probably should. There are quite a lot of differences, even if the core function is the same it looks quite different so some old users are a little bit intimidated by the changes. We’re working on new tutorials and a “AxCrypt 2 for AxCrypt 1 users” page.
Yes, you’re right – AxCrypt 1 can’t read AxCrypt 2 files. So you should upgrade both computers at more or less the same time.
Hi Zen,
Lots of people have given us really valuable feedback on the new version, and we’ve improved a lot of things as a result. Some things have to change some time though, one of the problems of course is that AxCrypt didn’t really change at all in 15 years. So any change is hard to make. But we really do have to make some changes.
All that being said, we’re continuously looking into ways of keeping the core values we want with version 2, and adapting to user feedback. Asking for an email address will probably remain for some time, although I do not at all exclude the possibility of releasing a version in the future which is entirely free of this requirement.
And really – you can use a disposable email if you want. We do not block them. I use mailinator.com for similar purposes.
The key thing is that we really believe that in the future, even if you don’t want to share encrypted data with someone else, someone else may want to do so with you. The connection to your AxCrypt ID (account/email) makes this very easy to do, and this is one of the really big changes in AxCrypt 2 where we want to go beyond private personal encryption.
Once again, thanks for your input!
Hello James,
I’m not quite sure what you’re asking, and I’m a little concerned about the link you included (removed).
If you’re asking about differences between AxCrypt 1 and AxCrypt 2, yes there are differences. Best is if you simply try it out.
Hi skipro,
No, right now we don’t support recursive encryption of folders. See https://bitbucket.org/axantum/axcrypt-net/issues/191/add-option-for-recursive-operation .
The difference between encrypting the files in a folder with right-click and using the secured folder feature is that the latter will monitor the folder, and allow you to encrypt all unencrypted files there with a single click (or when you sign out or exit AxCrypt).
The difference between encrypting with an active Premium subscription, or without with AxCrypt Free is that with Premium it encrypts using AES-256 and with Free AES-128.
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