FreeOTFE v5.20 and FreeOTFE Explorer v3.50

Thank you for your comment.

Would you have an idea what could be wrong with my setup?

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Hi again.

That's not something I've had reported before, and I'm having difficulty replicating this (testing under Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7). Please could you email me a copy of your FreeOTFE.ini settings file to see if that helps?

This is the FreeOTFE.ini file of the FreeOTFE that did the problem on Windows XP SP2 machines.

[General]
SettingsVersion=2
AdvancedMountDlg=0
RevertVolTimestamps=1
ShowPasswords=0
AllowNewlinesInPasswords=1
AllowTabsInPasswords=0
LanguageCode=
DragDropFileType=1
DisplayToolbar=1
DisplayToolbarLarge=1
DisplayToolbarCaptions=1
DisplayStatusbar=1
ExploreAfterMount=0
AllowMultipleInstances=0
AutoStartPortable=0
DefaultDriveLetter=#
DefaultMountAs=0
[Updates]
CheckFrequency=0
LastChecked=1900-01-01
SuppressNotifyVerMajor=0
SuppressNotifyVerMinor=0
[PKCS11]
Enabled=0
Library=
AutoMount=0
AutoMountVolume=
AutoDismount=0
[Confirmation]
OptPromptMountSuccessful=1
WarnBeforeForcedDismount=1
OnExitWhenMounted=1
OnExitWhenPortableMode=1
OnNormalDismountFail=1
[SystemTrayIcon]
Display=1
MinTo=0
CloseTo=0
ActionSingleClick=0
ActionDoubleClick=1
[Hotkeys]
EnableDismount=0
KeyDismount=Shift+Ctrl+D
EnableDismountEmerg=0
KeyDismountEmerg=Shift+Ctrl+Alt+D
[Autorun]
PostMountExe=
PreDismountExe=
PostDismountExe=
PrePostExeWarn=1
[MRUList]
MaxItems=0
Items=0

The problem is as I said, when FreeOTFE is used for first time, it's great. I select the Portable mode when starting the program, and when I exit it uninstalls the drivers. Then, when I start the FreeOTFE again, in Portable mode, it installs the drivers and then it says that the main FreeOTFE driver is missing (all the others are there). Then I have to go to options and manually install that main driver, and it works great as with the first run. It's not much of a drag for me, I got used to it already I just thought it was a serious problem on FreeOTFE's account, and that other people are having trouble, too.

Neither FreeOTFE nor FreeOTFE Explorer are restricted to 4GB volumes, and certainly support much larger ones. Your computer may be limited in what it can store though; this is covered in the FAQ at:

http://www.FreeOTFE.org/docs/Main/FAQ.htm#as

About FAT limitation problems, you were right... I'm sorry about that. I couldn't make a larger volume file to put on my USB stick, and I did read the entire guide before using the software I guess I misunderstood why, what and how about the 4GB volumes and FAT system.

FreeOTFE doesn't create any registry entries (unless user configured to store its settings there) - but Windows does in order to use device drivers.
As a result, you may find a handful of entries are left over when exiting FreeOTFE, which Windows hasn't cleaned up after the drivers are removed. This is the normal, and expected, behaviour of the OS; more details are available at:

http://www.FreeOTFE.org/docs/Main/technical_details__registry_entries.htm

The registry files are not stored for the options of my FreeOTFE, I checked the option in the drop down box on the bottom of the Settings screen to "Store settings to ini file" or something like that. I didn't select to store them to the registry. The log file with registry entries left behind is here:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{8ECC055D-047F-11D1-A537-0000F8753ED1}\0050]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{8ECC055D-047F-11D1-A537-0000F8753ED1}\0051]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{8ECC055D-047F-11D1-A537-0000F8753ED1}\0052]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{8ECC055D-047F-11D1-A537-0000F8753ED1}\0053]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{8ECC055D-047F-11D1-A537-0000F8753ED1}\0054]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{8ECC055D-047F-11D1-A537-0000F8753ED1}\0055]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{8ECC055D-047F-11D1-A537-0000F8753ED1}\0056]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{8ECC055D-047F-11D1-A537-0000F8753ED1}\0057]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{8ECC055D-047F-11D1-A537-0000F8753ED1}\0058]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{8ECC055D-047F-11D1-A537-0000F8753ED1}\0059]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{8ECC055D-047F-11D1-A537-0000F8753ED1}\0060]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{8ECC055D-047F-11D1-A537-0000F8753ED1}\0061]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{8ECC055D-047F-11D1-A537-0000F8753ED1}\0062]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{8ECC055D-047F-11D1-A537-0000F8753ED1}\0063]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_FREEOTFECYPHERAES_LTC]

[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\ControlSet001\Deleted Device IDs]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{8ECC055D-047F-11D1-A537-0000F8753ED1}\0050]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{8ECC055D-047F-11D1-A537-0000F8753ED1}\0051]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{8ECC055D-047F-11D1-A537-0000F8753ED1}\0052]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{8ECC055D-047F-11D1-A537-0000F8753ED1}\0053]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{8ECC055D-047F-11D1-A537-0000F8753ED1}\0054]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{8ECC055D-047F-11D1-A537-0000F8753ED1}\0055]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{8ECC055D-047F-11D1-A537-0000F8753ED1}\0056]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{8ECC055D-047F-11D1-A537-0000F8753ED1}\0057]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{8ECC055D-047F-11D1-A537-0000F8753ED1}\0058]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{8ECC055D-047F-11D1-A537-0000F8753ED1}\0059]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{8ECC055D-047F-11D1-A537-0000F8753ED1}\0060]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{8ECC055D-047F-11D1-A537-0000F8753ED1}\0061]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{8ECC055D-047F-11D1-A537-0000F8753ED1}\0062]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{8ECC055D-047F-11D1-A537-0000F8753ED1}\0063]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_FREEOTFECYPHERAES_LTC]

[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]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Deleted Device IDs]

Well, I'm sorry again for the 4GB misunderstanding, it was my FAT formatted flash drive that couldn't store a bigger volume file (I hope I understood it right this time ). Thanks for the answers

I get the impression it's mainly the software John releases that gets made "portableapps.com official"! Eye-wink A lot of it doesn't seem to go through same "beta testing" process as software donated by 3rd partys to help support portableapps.com...

Yea, I guess you're right. That especially goes for CanabaltPortable It's a great game, but I think it made it's way from Development to Releases in like a day

Cheers

EDIT: Okay. I checked my "bug-report" again. I was able to reproduce it on two Windows XP (SP2) machines just as I described, but on a third one (I'm not sure what SP it is) it worked OK (no bug). There are some differences between all 3 machines, but the first 2 (the ones giving the error) have Kaspersky Anti Virus 7 installed, while that third one (the working one) has NOD32. Could that have caused the problem? Other than that, even though differences do exist, I don't see them to be big enough to be causing problems with FreeOTFE... All machines have administrator privileges of course. These machines are not all mine, so I can't determine and/or bug-test for the possible causes very often... I just got the chance to do so.
Bye

Like all security certificates, it is a yearly fee. There are multi-year discounts and the fee varies from one provider to another.

... it's not the Explorer that is the problem here. Without the base program, the functionality is badly crippled to the point that it does not offer much more than a encrypted 7zip-file. You could open your normally used OTFE-containers with the Explorer, though.
To use it as it is designed you need the driver to mount encrypted volumes...

And for most useful tasks FreeOTFE Explorer is garbage (sorry Sarah, no offense). It's really a "last resort" kind of application that you can use if you absolutely have to get to a file but I certainly wouldn't want to work with an encrypted volume like that day-in, day-out. It's akin to having a compressed volume and having to check out a file every time you want to work with it. Not terribly convenient.

EDIT: What depp jones said.

Does someone over here stands in direct contact with Sarah ? The email at the contact page of freeotfe gives an 'email box full rejection message'.

I think there must be a solution from ourselves to help to sign a 64bit driver. As far as i can see is the only workable encryption solution the one that Sarah made: combination of partition/container encryption with a file explorer as last resort on strange PC's. But without a working signed 64bit driver is it not really usefull to use on a daily base.

I'm prepared to donate $20: who follows ?