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About File Locker

File Locker  v2.2 is a Microsoft Windows based file encryption program, that will encrypt and decrypt any file on your hard drive.

File Locker's Features

•	Background Execution

•	Ability To Use Wildcards

•	"Scan Directory" will search the current directory for encrypted files. This feature is only available when you register File Locker. See registration benefits for further details.

•	You may encrypt up to 50 files at a time. When you press "OK" to encrypt multiple files, you will only be prompted for a password ONCE. That password will be used to encrypt all of the files in the SOURCE FILE(S) text box.

•	 You may also decrypt multiple files the same way you encrypt multiple files. You will only be prompted for a password ONCE, and that password will be used to decrypt all of the files in the SOURCE FILE(S) text box.


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Configuring File Locker

Options

By clicking on the OPTIONS menu in File Locker, you can configure File Locker whether or not it should run in the background, and how it should notify you when it finishes encrypting/decrypting files.

Notify On Completion

Selecting "Notify on Completion", you can tell File Locker how you want to be notified when it's finished encrypting/decrypting files.

Do Not Notify

When "Do Not Notify" is checked, File Locker will do nothing to tell you that it's finished encrypting/decrypting files.

Notify With Beep

If "Notify With Beep" is checked, File Locker will cause a System Beep when it finishes encrypting or decrypting the file(s).

Notify With Dialog

If "Notify With Dialog" is checked, File Locker will cause a Dialog Box to pop up, telling you that File Locker finished encrypting or decrypting the file(s).

Background Execution

When "Background Execution" is checked, File Locker will let you do other things in Windows while it is busy encrypting or decrypting the file(s).

Minimize On OK

If "Minimize on OK" is checked, File Locker will be reduced to an icon when it starts encrypting/decrypting files.

Restore On Completion

If "Restore on Completion" is checked, File Locker will be restored (un-Minimized) when it finishes encrypting/decrypting the file(s).

The configuration of File Locker is saved when you end the program.


Contacting the Author

Any Questions or suggestions you can contact the author by writing to:

Rodney M. Savard

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Contents

File Locker ver. 2.2

Introduction

About File Locker

Getting Started

Configuring File Locker

How To Use File Locker

Encrypting a file

Decrypting A File

Other Options When Encrypting or Decrypting Files

Registering File Locker

Registration Benefits

Register File Locker

Contacting the Author

About This Help File

File Locker v2.2 is Copyright (C) of Rodney Savard

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Contents of this Help File is a Copyright (C) of WindsorWare


Decrypting A File

This is done in the same way you Encrypt a file. First type in the name of the encrypted file in the SOURCE FILE(S) text box. Next, select the "UnLock File(s)" option, and press the button labeled "OK".

You will now be prompted for the phrase (password) that was used to encrypt the file. You MUST enter the same password before File Locker will decrypt the file. (NOTE: The password is not case sensitive, so File Locker considers "PASSWORD" and "PassWord" to be the same.) When you finish typing the password into the LOCKING PHRASE text box, press the "Decrypt" button.

If the password you typed in and the password that was used to encrypt the file match, File Locker will decrypt the file, showing the percent completion in the Bar at the bottom of the File Locker screen.


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This help file was created by Claire Walters.

WindsorWare

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East Windsor, NJ 08520

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DISCLAIMER

The documentation in this help file is Copyright (C) of WindsorWare.  WindsorWare will NOT take any responsibility for claims or damages in conjuction with the use of File Locker v2.2.


Encrypting A File

To encrypt a file, type the name of the file that you want to encrypt into the SOURCE FILE(S) text box. Then select the "Lock File(s)" option, and press the button labeled "OK".

You will now be prompted for a locking phrase (or password). You can pick any password you want, as long as it's not more than 10 characters. Type the password into the LOCKING PHRASE text box. (Question marks will appear as you type it in.) Now verify that you typed in the password correctly by entering the same password into the VERIFY PHRASE text box.  If the passwords in both text boxes match, you can press the button labeled "Encrypt" to encrypt the file. If the passwords in both text boxes do NOT match, then you will not be able to press the "Encrypt" button.

File Locker will now encrypt the file, showing the percent completion in the Bar at the bottom of the File Locker screen.

NOTE: This program is relatively slow in encrypting and decrypting files. If you want to encrypt a rather large file, I recommend turning on the "Background Execution" option. This will allow you to do other things in Windows while File Locker is busy encrypting the file.

Please read Configuring File Locker for further help on background execution.


Getting Started

Requirements to run File Locker

IBM compatible PC running Microsoft Windows 3.1

 Visual Basic Runtime version 3.0

WINLOCK.ZIP includes the following files:

•	LOCK.EXE

•	LOCK.TXT

•	LOCK.HLP

•	THREED.VBX

UnZip the files to any directory on your hard drive. Run the File Locker program either by using the FILE-RUN command in Program Manager, by double clicking on the LOCK.EXE file in File Manager, or by double clicking on the File Locker icon in Program Manager. (For instructions on setting up an icon in Program Manager for the File Locker program, see your Windows documentation.)

When you run the program, you will first see a registration information screen. (Unless you have registered your copy of File Locker.) After five seconds, two buttons will appear:  one labeled "I'll Do It Later..." and the other labeled "Register Now!". Pressing the button "I'll Do It Later..." will take you to the next screen, the File Locker program. If you press "Register Now!", you will be prompted for a registration number. (You will receive a registration number after registering File Locker).

Running File Locker

Configuring File Locker

Encrypting A File

Decrypting A File


Other Options When Encrypting or Decrypting files

•	You may encrypt more than one file at a time by typing each filename, separated by a space, in the SOURCE FILE(S) text box. For example, if you wanted to encrypt the file C:\TEST.TXT and C:\FILES\REPORT.WP, you would type the following into the SOURCE FILE(S) text box:

c:\test.txt c:\files\report.wp

•	You may specify wildcards in the SOURCE FILE(S) text box. For example, to encrypt all of the files in the C:\TEMP directory that have the extension TXT, you would type the following into the SOURCE FILE(S) text box:

c:\temp\*.txt

This method can be used for decrypting files as well.

•	Pressing the button labeled "Tree..." will open a window with a  directory tree. You may select the file you want to encrypt/decrypt from this window. The "Tree" option works similiar to other File Open Dialog boxes in Microsoft™ Windows, except that you can select more than one file.

To select more than one file in the directory tree, hold down the CTRL key while selecting the file names.

•	Pressing "OK" will return you to File Locker and place the file names you selected into the SOURCE FILE(S) text box.

•	Pressing "Cancel" will return you to File Locker without placing the file names you selected into the SOURCE FILE(S) text box.

•	Pressing "Scan Directory" will search the current directory for encrypted files. This feature is only available when you register File Locker.


Register File Locker

Registration For File Locker v2.2

Please fill out this form and mail to;

Rodney M. Savard

4507 South Kent Street

Kennewick, WA 99337-4510

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Registration Benefits

This program is Shareware, it is not free. If you like File Locker v2.2 and continue to use it after 30 days please register or discontinue using the program.

For registering, you will receive a registration number that will uncripple this shareware version plus all future versions. Once registered, File Locker will no longer display the registration information that shows when you run the program.

Keep shareware alive!

Register File Locker


Visual Basic runtime version 3.0

Visual Basic Runtime is a runtime module needed to run programs written in Microsoft Visual Basic. This program is written in Visual Basic v3.0, therefor you will need VBRUN300.DLL to run File Locker v2.2.

If you do not have VBRUN, you can download it from most BBS'

Note: VBRUN should be placed in your Windows\System directory.