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Password Generator
How to open
From the main menu: Tools > Password Generator.
By using the hotkey Ctrl+P in main app window.
From window where you entering the password, or from Change Password window, by pressing the button
Description
After opening the window, 10 passwords are automatically generated. All values that you change in this window will be saving after closing the window.
Button
Description
Generate
Will generate passwords, amount of passwords will taking from Number of strings field
Copy Last
Copy to clipboard latest generated password from the list
Copy All
Copy to clipboard all genrated passwords from the list
Clear
Deleting all generated passwords from the list
Password limits
Password length must be between 4 and 256 characters long.
All setting are stored in CryptoNotepad.settings file. It's created after first launch, and stored near the executable file.
Settings
General
Application
Parameter
Description
Minimize to tray
Hide app to system tray on window minimize
Auto check updates on startup
Enable/disable automatic check for updates at startup
Close to tray
Hide app to system tray on app closing
Single instance
Allow only a single instance of app to be running
Tray menu
Enable tray icon with menu.
Open all files except *.cnp like unencrypted
Allow to open all files except *.cnp without message "Try to decrypt file?"
Clear clipboard on app exit
Allow to clear clipboard on app exit
Integration
Parameter
Description
Integrate with windows context menu
Add app shortcuts to Windows explorer’s context menu
Associate with *.cnp files
Associate app with the *.cnp files
Show in "Send to" menu
Add app shortcut in "Send to" context menu
Auto lock
Parameter
Description
Auto lock on minimize
Enable/disable auto-lock file on minimize
If the app is inactive
Enable/disable auto-lock file based on time
Interface
Main menu
Parameter
Description
Visible
Main menu visibility
Menu icons
Main menu icons visibility
Shortcut keys
Enable/Disable main menu shortcut keys
Toolbar
Parameter
Description
Background color
Toolbar background color
Visible
Toolbar visibility
Border
Toolbar border style
Old icons
Enable old toolbar icons (before v1.4.0)
Close button
Show close toolbar button
Search Panel
Parameter
Description
Background color
Search panel background color
Font color
Search panel font color
Border
Search panel border style
Status Panel
Parameter
Description
Background color
Status panel background color
Font color
Status panel font color
Visible
Status panel visibility
Length
Length label visibility
Lines
Lines label visibility
Modified
Modified label visibility
Size
Size label visibility
Readonly
Readonly label visibility
Word wrap
Word wrap label visibility
Clipboard
Clipboard auto-clear progress bar
Editor
Parameter
Description
Font color
Editor font color
Background color
Editor background color
Font style
Editor font style
Border
Editor left padding size
Padding-left
Size of the left padding
Open links with
Set the hotkey for open the links
Insert key
Enable/Disable Ins key functionality
Clipboard auto-clear time
Auto-clear timeout, in seconds
Encryption
Parameter
Description
Hash algorithm
Can be either SHA1/SHA256/SHA384/SHA512/MD5
Key size
Can be either 128/192/256
Password iterations
How many times the algorithm is executed on the text (May cause to slow app performance)
Hotkeys
Action with files
Shortcut
Description
Ctrl + N
Create new file
Ctrl + O
Open new file
Ctrl + S
Save opened file
Ctrl + Shift + S
Save opened file with location choosing
Alt+ Shift + S
Save & Close opened file, without closing the app
Ctrl + Shift + O
Open file lLocation
Ctrl + Shift + D
Delete current opened file
Ctrl + Shift + E
Try to derypt current opened file
App hotkeys
Shortcut
Description
F1
Open documentation
Ctrl + Q
Exit app
Ctrl+Shift+P
Change password
Ctrl + L
Lock current file
Ctrl + Shift + T
Open settings window
Ctrl + F
Open search panel
Ctrl + T
Always on top
Ctrl + P
Password generator
Ctrl + U
Checking for app updates
Ctrl + Shift + A
Open about window
Editor hotkeys
Shortcut
Description
Ctrl + Z
Undo changes
Ctrl + Y
Redo changes
Ctrl + X
Cut selected text
Ctrl + C
Copy selected text
Ctrl + V
Paste text from clipboard
Del
Delete selected text
Ctrl + A
Select all text
Ctrl + Del
Clear editor content
Ctrl + W
Word wrap
Ctrl + R
Read-only
Ctrl + D
Clear Clipboard
F5
Insert Date/Time
FAQ
I got warning that app is contain virus Crypto Notepad is an open source app, if you download it from the official website and you see such warning, then it false warning.
What encryption values I need to use? Any value you want. I can recommend to use these values - Hash algorithm: SHA256/SHA384/SHA512, Key size: 256, Password iterations: more than 2000000
Where is the tab support? The project was originally planned without the tabs support, and at this stage of development, it is very difficult to implement this feature. Therefore, the development of this feature has been suspended so far.
Why updates is so infrequently? At this development stage app works well, has rich functionality, and does not have critical bugs or functions that must be implemented ASAP.
I can't decrypt previously encrypted files. First of all, I do not give any guarantees that your encrypted files will not corrupt. Maybe you changed some parameters in Encryption tab, maybe you catched some rare bug. In any case, it will be difficult for me to help you.
I have performance issues when editing the big files Yes, it's a known issue on big files edit. You can disable Length and Lines labes in status panel in the settings, it's can solve the performance problems.
What encoding is using for saving text files? App working with text files only in UTF-8 Encoding. That mean that text files that you want to encrypt, also must be saved in UTF-8 Encoding, or you get the corrupted text file.
App freeze after drag & drop file to editor in Windows 7 This is a known issue. For now I can't debug and fix this bug, but there is a solution: you need run app in compatibility mode for Windows 7 (yes it's weird, but it's work).
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