Documentation
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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.
- Number of characters must be between 1 and 1000.
- At least one character type must be selected.
Links detection
Patterns
www.sigmanor.net
http://sigmanor.net
mailto:sigmanor@pm.me
Settings file
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
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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. But you can create an issue, and I'll see what I can do. -
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).
Screenshots
