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The Tiny WinPT FAQ. |
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(warning: file is obsolete!) |
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Version 1.0 |
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Last modified July 22, 2001 |
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Maintained by Rich Wielgosz <rich at richwilgoz.com> |
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1. General |
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1.1 What is WinPT? |
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2. Information Sources |
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2.1 Where can I download WinPT? |
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2.2 Where can I get more information about WinPT? |
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2.3 Does WinPT require anything else to work? |
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3. Usage |
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3.1 How do I use WinPT? |
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4. Problem and errors |
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4.1 WinPT wouldn't let me register a hotkey. Why not? |
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4.2 Why is "Passphrase Caching" greyed out? |
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4.3 People can't verify my signatures. Why? |
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4.4 I get a "no data" error when trying to decrypt text. How come? |
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4.5 What is "Debug Mode" ? |
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4.6 Why isn't "Current Window" mode working properly for me? |
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1. General |
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1.1 |
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Q: What is WinPT? |
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A: WinPT is a "Frontend" which allows access to the Gnu Privacy Guard |
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(GnuPG) encryption engine. WinPT is a Windows application which resides |
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in the System Tray and "mimics" the look and feel of another popular |
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System Tray application. WinPT contains no crypto routines so it may |
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be exported freely to any country in the world. |
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WinPT is in essence, a universal plug-in for all email programs because it |
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allows you to cut and paste from any email application, and encrypt the |
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data while it resides in your clipboard. WinPT also has a built-in file |
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browser for the encryption of files on your harddrive. WinPT will also |
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handle all of your key-management and key-server access needs. |
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2. Information Sources |
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2.1 |
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Q: Where can I download WinPT? |
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A: WinPT can be downloaded from the WinPT.org website in the Download section. |
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2.2 |
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Q: Where can I get more information? |
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A: There is always more info to be had at the WinPT.org website. You can |
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also get more information from the winpt-users mailing list. To subsribe |
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to this list send an email to [email protected] with the words |
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"subscribe winpt-users" in the body of the message (no quotes). |
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2.3 |
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Q: Does WinPT require anything else to work? |
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A: WinPT requires that you have installed the Gnu Privacy Guard (GnuPG) |
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encryption engine version 1.05 or greater, for Win32. (r) |
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3. Usage |
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3.1 |
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Q: How do I use WinPT? |
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A: The use of WinPT is VERY straightforward, and it is beyond the scope of |
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this document to detail all of its many features. For more information |
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consult the included manual and see the WinPT DOC page. |
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4. Problems and Errors |
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4.1 |
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Q: WinPT tells me "Couldn't register hotkey" - What does it mean and how |
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can I fix it? |
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A: This is because another application has already installed those hotkey |
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definitions. It's also possible that in an NT/Win2K environment you need |
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admin privs to redefine hotkeys. (This we're not entirely sure of, does |
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anyone know if this is true?). You can redefine your hotkeys to something |
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that is available (or more to your liking) by selecting "preferences" |
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from the WinPT menu and changing them there. The default Hotkey |
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definitions are: |
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Encrypt Clipboard: CTRL+ALT+E |
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Decrypt/verify Clipboard: CTRL+ALT+D |
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Sign Clipboard: CTRL+ALT+S |
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Export to clipboard: CTRL+ALT+X |
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Import from clipboard: CTRL+ALT+I |
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Encrypt current window: ALT+SHIFT+E |
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Decrypt/verify current window: ALT+SHIFT+D |
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Sign current window: ALT+SHIFT+S |
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Please note that the "Export to clipboard" and "Import from clipboard" |
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hotkeys can not be redefined. |
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4.2 |
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Q: Why is passphrase caching greyed out in the preferences menu? |
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A: It is greyed out because it is not supported yet. Once the GPG |
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(passphrase caching) Agent is ready for use, or when we find another |
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trustworthy caching program, we'll activate it then. |
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4.3 |
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Q: Why are people having trouble verifying my signatures in the email that |
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I send them? |
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A: That is very likely because your email is wrapping the text of your |
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signature in a place it isn't supposed to, therein "breaking" your |
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signature. WinPT solves this problem with a "Wordwrap" feature of |
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its own. This breaks the lines BEFORE signing and as a result won't |
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break your signatures. This feature can be found under the PREFERENCES |
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option of the WinPT menu. The biggest useable value to put in that field |
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(from what they tell me) is 76. To disable the feature put in a '0' (zero). |
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4.4 |
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Q: I can't decrypt text (error: No Data), but the clipboard is set with |
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valid GPG data. |
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A: Check your line endings and for broken lines. The easiest way to do this |
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is to use the 'Edit Clipboard' option in the WinPT menu and look at the |
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text. This used to happen to me quite frequently when I was using the |
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mailer that was built into the Opera web browser (Don't misunderstand, |
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we LOVE Opera). All you need to do it edit the Open-PGP message so that |
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its LAYOUT looks like this: |
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-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- |
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Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (MingW32) - WinPT 10.3.0 |
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Comment: See http://www.gnupg.org/ |
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hQIOA5K/4SdC8KCgEAf/ej46PTbHQ7CA8MvtYyTYtivJ4hQ6oo//V2aHsl6/E/HK |
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u81oJzop7QzCvK1CLjzK4hqhlZZYb07s/2n40zBSvy4apGVas6DxfpqoX2SFFlnC |
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5wqvNt8BekM3w9JIKsfGj2x5E/xMe0slJUegiiBkUup0BtzcGJB7Yzpts1FSE/QM |
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wFzJLiyTJ4m5XOMLEvnNS9U3PjWXyzlNWG3RNtyCHCLG/ovV3oGR1H+TCVBOmuft |
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NhfSHau4jKSffjShWWB5pMIxE7ZrHtJT838Ch57VR8oamZbszmtQo+gLg83ip8Er |
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QrpxiTuFLu/l5+0YUDjZN6nYPSNbbGDDdTYSbjF1VwgAxR1er7hw3FysrS0j7yBB |
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ZHiT+O6VZzcXUZMO1UsbZSf5htrS2t6Qf13DAoYahBFJCUWVCRxLprutKRyqy/KZ |
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U2p//gvXfoalDLJZNGwBXXvNodkt3kzzGjT5DxREEYuHPMlrsZ8RABeaEzlTuBDD |
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O6y6Sk0Qc72FJlQO2jP82wCOQTKvxX5QpJmUHVC4er5Hzkd8FNMbMlbGwV9zyvQW |
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PUPyT3llHIuv8FLHyBLr60nmJYBAbA1Wy5vYaGyhRS8NwQQbIR5cVBRDs0f5mv8= |
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=c5uG |
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-----END PGP MESSAGE----- |
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...and not like this (or some other similarly mangled way): |
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-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- |
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Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (MingW32) - WinPT 10.3.0 |
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Comment: See http://www.gnupg.org/hQIOA5K/4SdC8KCgEAf/ej46P |
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TbHQ7CA8MvtYyTYtivJ4hQ6oo//V2aHsl6/E/HK u81oJzop7QzCvK1CLjzK4hqhlZZYb07s/2n40zBSvy4apGVas6DxfpqoX2SFFlnC |
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5wqvNt8BekM3w9JIKsfGj2x5E/xMe0slJUegiiBkUup0BtzcGJB7Yzpts1FSE/QM |
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wFzJLiyTJ4m5XOMLEvnNS9U3PjWXyzlNWG3RNtyCHCLG/ovV3oGR1H+TCVBOmuft |
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NhfSHau4jKSffjShWWB5pMIxE7ZrHtJT838Ch57VR8oamZbszmtQo+gLg83ip8Er QrpxiTuFLu/l5+0YUDjZN6nYPSNbbGDDdTYSbjF1VwgAxR1er7hw3FysrS0j7yBB |
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ZHiT+O6VZzcXUZMO1UsbZSf5htrS2t6Qf13DAoYahBFJCUWVCRxLprutKRyqy/KZ |
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U2p//gvXfoalDLJZNGwBXXvNodkt3kzzGjT5DxREEYuHPMlrsZ8RABeaEzlTuBDD |
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O6y6Sk0Qc72FJlQO2jP82wCOQTKvxX5QpJmUHVC4er5Hzkd8FNMbMlbGwV9zyvQW PUPyT3llHIuv8FLHyBLr60nmJYBAbA1Wy5vYaGyhRS8NwQQbIR5cVBRDs0f5mv8= |
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=c5uG |
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-----END PGP MESSAGE----- |
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It's also important to make sure that there are 5 '-' characters before and |
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after the 'Begin PGP Message', and 'End PGP Message' tags. |
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4.5 |
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Q: What is "Debug Mode"? |
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A: Debug Mode is a mode of operation built into WinPT which causes WinPT |
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to output error code to two files on your harddisk. If WinPT crashes, |
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take these debug files, zip them up with a compression utility, and |
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mail them to Timo with a detailed explanation of what happened. One |
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file is in the same directory as your WinPT executable and is called |
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"gpgme.dbg". The other file is called "winpt.log" and can be found |
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in your C:\WINDOWS\TEMP directory. If you can't find the "winpt.log" |
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file don't worry, sometimes it isn't generated, but "gpgme.dbg" is |
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always generated. To enable debug mode in WinPT use the "--enable-debug" switch on the command line when invoking WinPT. If you've set up WinPT to run from an icon, right-click on the WinPT icon and select "properties," then select the "shortcut" tab and type "--enable-debug" (without quotes) in the end of the "Target" field. Be sure there is a space between the last character of what was originally in that field, and what you add. |
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4.6 |
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Q: Why isn't "Current Window" mode working properly for me? |
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A: Current Window mode works better with the hotkeys, so try using them |
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first. Currently not all window types are supported, so in some cases |
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it might not work at all (we're working on that). If this mode does not |
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work the first time, merely try it again a second time. If it still does |
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not work then the window you're trying to operate on is an unsupported |
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type, and this will be addressed with a future release. |
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Q: Why in an earlier example does it say there's a version 10.3.0 of WinPT? |
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A: Because I'm pulling your leg. :-) |
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