Problems Using Kleopatra to Decrypt Files in Windows Explorer

[Joe Perez]

Thank you, Andre; I appreciate the response.  We will work around this
limitation.  In the meantime, we came across another limitation.  In the
previous version of the PGP-type software we used in the 32-bit world, we
had the ability to name the file we were decrypting at the time of
decryption.  That is, immediately after typing in the passphrase, we would
be prompted for a filename to save the decrypted file.  However, it now
simply decrypts the file without any prompt, and gives it a default name.

Our periodic procedure is to decrypt a file and save it as a certain
consistent *.txt name, overwriting the previous version each time.  But we
now have to take the extra steps of deleting the old file and renaming the
newly decrypted file.  We've searched the documentation, but have been
unable to find a setting that would allow us to name the file at the time
of decryption.  Your help in resolving this problem would be appreciated.

Regards,
Joe

On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 3:40 AM, Andre Heinecke <aheinecke at intevation.de>wrote:

> Hi Joe,
>
> The part that provides Crypto functionality for the Windows Explorer is
> called
> GpgEx. It is currently not available for the 64bit Windows Explorer.
>
> We are currently applying for some funding, which will hopefully enable us
> to
> work on this and to provide a 64bit version of GPGEX. See:
>
> http://lists.wald.intevation.org/pipermail/gpg4win-devel/2013-February/001194.html
>
> So for now all you can do is wait for a new release that provides it.
> By the way. Gpg4Win has its own mailing lists, (
> http://gpg4win.de/community.html )  which would have been a more
> appropiate
> place to ask this.
>
>
> Regards,
> Andre
>
> At Friday 22 February 2013 15:08:28 Joe Perez wrote:
> > Kleopatra was successfully installed on my PC (running Windows 7,
> 64-bit).
> >  I successfully created a new certificate/key pair.  I can also
> > successfully decrypt a file from within Kleopatra via the "File" menu
> > (i.e., File, Decrypt/Verify Files, then pick the file, then key in
> > passphrase).  However, the "Decrypt/Verify" choice is not available to me
> > when I right-click on the encrypted file from Windows Explorer, which is
> > the way we used to do this in the 32-bit world using PGP.  I should be
> able
> > to open an Explorer window, go to the directory containing the encrypted
> > file(s), then right-click --> Decrypt/Verify.  That choice isn't even
> > available.
> >
> > According to the documentation in the GPG4Win compendium, chapter 18
> says I
> > should be able to do this using Kleopatra.  Here's the URL:
> >
> > http://www.gpg4win.org/doc/en/gpg4win-compendium_24.html
> >
> > In the subsection "Decrypting a file" it shows a screenshot immediately
> > after some text that says I can choose Decrypt and verify in the Windows
> > Explorer context menu.
> >
> > Your help in resolving this problem would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Joe
> >
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