WINCRYPT.EXE (VERSION 1.0)               Copyright (c) 1994, Jeff Prosise
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                    First Published in PC Magazine July, 1994 (Utilities)
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WINCRYPT by Jeff Prosise

PURPOSE:

         WinCrypt is a Windows encryption utility that lets you protect your
files from prying eyes. Files are encrypted and unencrypted using a password.
You must remember the password! There is virtually no way to unencrypt the
file if you forget the password.

Setup:

         Installing WinCrypt is as simple as copying it to your hard disk,
and then using Program Manager to place it on your Windows desktop.  When
you launch WinCrypt by double clicking on its icon, you will be presented
with a dialog box. The first step is specify which files you'd like to
encrypt by clicking on the Add File(s) button. Next click on the button with
the picture of the key, type in a password, and the files will be encrypted.
Remember the password! This same password--typed in exactly the same way
(passwords are case sensitive)--is used to unencrypt files. If you forget
the password, you will not be able to unencrypt the files!

Remarks:

          There are two ways to add files to the Files list. You can click
the Add File(s) button and select files from the ensuing dialog box, or you
can drag files over from File Manager and drop them on top of the Files box.
To select one file using the first of these methods, click the file name
with the mouse. To select additional files, hold down the Ctrl key as you
click the file names. To select a range of files, drag the mouse over all
of them with the mouse button held down, or click the first file name in
the set and click the last file name with the Shift key held down.

          If you use the drag-and-drop method, be sure to drop the files
over the Files list. If the drop occurs anywhere else in the window (or if
WinCrypt is minimized when the drop occurs), WinCrypt will process the files
immediately rather than add them to the Files list--just as if you had dropped
them over the Files box and clicked the Encrypt button.

          You can cancel the encryption process at any time by clicking the
Cancel button in the dialog box that displays the name of each file as it
is being encrypted.
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Jeff Prosise writes our Tutor column and is a Contributing Editor of
PC Magazine. He is also author of PC Magazine DOS 6 Techniques and Utilities,
Published by Ziff-Davis Press.
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