FreeOTFE v5.10 and FreeOTFE Explorer v3.40

if you already created a secure drive with admin rights (for example on your stick), then you should be able to access it without Admin rights everywhere you like.

At least thats the way I understand it.

but installation is definitely not required.
If you are at a pc that is in a library, university, school, work or even at a relatives house where you only have access to a Limited Access account you will NOT be able to download FreeOTFE and use it. The driver MUST BE installed for FreeOTFE to be used. That requires an account with Admin access to "load" (temporarily install?) the driver EACH TIME the app is used or to INSTALL the driver permanently for use with Limited Access accounts.

I'm not saying these are bad things, just that the write up is misleading and confusing. The FreeOTFE Explorer app doesn't have this problem and can be truly portable.

I looked on IconsPedia for something similiar to the one that sdean12 has now.
http://www.iconspedia.com/icon/padlocks-1464.html
It's licensed under CC-BY, so there's no problem using it. 8)

Like HKCU, CurrentControlSet is the one to worry about (it's a window into 001), so it definitely could be handled by a launcher. Were those left after it exited and removed the drivers from memory?

There is an easy way to delete those registry entries FreeOTFE left behind, since they aren't important either for you, FreeOTFE, or even your OS. The way is to make a registry file which would automatically delete those entries (after a double-click).

First, you must make a new .txt file. Open it with your favorite text editor (notepad.exe for example) and write the following (if working on Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7; for Win98 and 2000 put REGEDIT4 instead of the first line)

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_FREEOTFECYPHERBLOWFISH]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_FREEOTFECYPHERCAST5]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_FREEOTFECYPHERCAST6_GLADMAN]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_FREEOTFECYPHERDES]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_FREEOTFECYPHERMARS_GLADMAN]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_FREEOTFECYPHERRC6_LTC]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_FREEOTFECYPHERSERPENT_GLADMAN]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_FREEOTFECYPHERTWOFISH_LTC]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_FREEOTFEHASHMD]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_FREEOTFEHASHRIPEMD]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_FREEOTFEHASHSHA]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_FREEOTFEHASHTIGER]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_FREEOTFEHASHWHIRLPOOL]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_FREEOTFECYPHERBLOWFISH]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_FREEOTFECYPHERCAST5]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_FREEOTFECYPHERCAST6_GLADMAN]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_FREEOTFECYPHERDES]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_FREEOTFECYPHERMARS_GLADMAN]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_FREEOTFECYPHERRC6_LTC]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_FREEOTFECYPHERSERPENT_GLADMAN]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_FREEOTFECYPHERTWOFISH_LTC]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_FREEOTFEHASHMD]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_FREEOTFEHASHRIPEMD]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_FREEOTFEHASHSHA]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_FREEOTFEHASHTIGER]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_FREEOTFEHASHWHIRLPOOL]

Now, PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING BEFORE JUST DOING THIS!!!

(1) Every "string" or "entry" (in other words line of text) must be in one line, unbroken. By that I mean no pressing ENTER until the string has finished (it finishes with "]" sign).
(2) When string IS FINISHED, it must be followed by a blank line, because that is telling Windows it is the next "entry" after it, and not a "sub-entry".
(3) Every "entry" starts with "[-", in what the "[" sign means the start of a new string, and the minus sign is telling Windows to completely erase that registry key and all it's sub-keys (that is fine, don't worry about it IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WITH THESE PARTICULAR REGISTRY KEYS)
(4) THIS SHOULD NOT BE DONE BY THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE WINDOWS REGISTRY, AND IT'S ALWAYS SMART TO BACKUP YOUR REGISTRY BEFORE CHANGING IT! YOU SHOULD NEVER EXPERIMENT WITH THE REGISTRY!

If you respected all notes, and backed up your registry just to be on the safe side (again, these keys are safe to delete, and you "Simeon" seam to know your way around the registry), then all that follows is to save that .txt file you just made and change the extension from .txt into .reg

After that, just double-click your .reg file, then click on "Yes", then "Ok".
Those "strings" have been deleted.

It is smart to rename that .reg file into something like FreeOTFE.reg and put it somewhere where you can double-click it easily after using FreeOTFE, and do it on every computer before you unplug your drive. I don't know if those are all the keys left behind by FreeOTFE since I don't use it - 7-Zip is a fairly good/fast program for safe encryption and storage of your files, and needs no admin rights. So, if there are more keys you need to remove, just tell me what they are. I use the same thing with Glary Utilities Portable, because otherwise it leaves some important (to me at least) "strings" behind... I think that this is a result of poor programming, and a really good and thoughtful programmer might even make his program remove his own entries from MRU cache ( oh, I'd just love it if everyone did it ).
Just a thought
If you have any trouble with this or want more info, feel free to leave a comment as a reply, and I'll try to help out.

Cheers

PS: I wrote it the way I did (like you're a newbie) for those less informed about registry and what is what... Don't take it personally Simeon

Thank you digitxp

I experimented with the "zip" version of the Explorer last night. I just unziped it into a directory and it worked just fine. I created a volume. Then I could move things into it and dismount the volume. Then I was able to remount the same volume. I have Admin rights so this may not have been a real good test. But according to the information you do not need it. But I did find that the "zip" version can be just unzipped anywhere and works. It would be a fine addition in "paf" format with a launcher if a launcher for the Explorer is needed. Since many people are looking for a way to encrypt more then one file at a time.

I will now try out the "paf" version on my USB and let you all know. If I read the official website correctly there is wwork ongoing to make the Explorer version work on device's partition.

Thinking about that. Some testing should be done to see if you can run things from the mounted volume. Like edting a file or even running a program from it.

Frank D. Hubeny

I wish I used Linux more now, because I have no idea.

Hello John,

I am still useing the first release PAM. I believe it is "1.1". I am waiting for the latest to become official before I change. This is not meant that I am in a hurry or trying to rush things. I like it so why change. There was an item in the latest offical that I did not like. Do not now remember what it was. I think it was something to do with PAM fonts but really do not remember.

I know I like bold large fonts and can now use a large font size.

Frank D. Hubeny