Running BoxCryptor with limited rights

Bernd Boesch

Hi all,
as a good user ;-) I followed M$ recommendation to have two accounts on my pc`s - one with administrator rights and one with limited rights for daily use.
During installation time I changed the rights of my user account to administrator - everything worked fine.
Then I change back to limited rights - BoxCryptor still works, but I cannot access the virtual drive any more (access denied!!). If I open a file browser (not M$) with administrator rights I can access the virtual drive.
I tried the usual procedure to change the rights (they are set to 'everybody'??) with my limited account - it was accepted without any message and: instantly set back to 'everybody'. Now I am clueless. Do I need to have administrator rights to run BoxCryptor?

Robert

Hi Bernd,
BoxCryptor requires admin rights in order to run properly. Running it with restricted rights is not supported at the moment.
--Robert

Bernd Boesch

Hi Robert,
thanks you for your honest reply - though I think you should reconsider your safety concept. Actually running at least WinXP using the Internet with admin rights is still not recommended - maybe this is not necessary in newer versions - I'm no so sure.
Meanwhile here is a workaround for those who see things like I do:

Once installed BoxCryptor runs as process and therefore it doesn't need to have admin rights. The virtual drive name exist as you can see in the explorer. The point is: you can not access it with restricted rights.

Here my advice: give back your user account admin privileges. Open an explorer window. Locate the folder preference 'open folder window in separate process' and mark it.
Give your user back restricted rights.
Now you need a little tool called 'RunAsGui3'
(http://download.cnet.com/RunAsGUI/3000-2094_4-10913442.html). Install it and run it.
Set program name to 'explorer.exe'. Set 'parameter' to your BoxCryptor drive (e.g. 'Q:'). Enter admin name and pass. The tool will produce an icon on the desktop. If you click it an explorer window with admin rights will open and show your virtual drive. If you like you may steal the icon from boxcryptor.exe and everything will look like before.

Robert: I need your help! I have only a WinXP in German language, so I do not exactly know the proper denominations of the preference items in English. Would you please so kind to correct this and/or clarify my advice.

- Bernd -

Robert

Requiring admin rights is nothing we decided to, but it's a technical restriction we have yet to find a solution. I'd love to have BoxCryptor running correctly with restricted rights.

In German: Wie kann ich dir genau mit den Preferences weiterhelfen?

Bernd Boesch

Ok. Nett von dir dass du Deutsch verwendest. Die genaue Reihenfolge für die Festereinstellung in deutsch lautet: Extras - Ordneroptionen - Ansicht 'Odnerfenster in eigenem Prozess starten. Keine Ahnung wie das in einem englischen Windows aussieht.

Robert

Ah ok. You were quite close. The correct "path" is:

Folder Options -> View -> Launch folder windows in a separate process

Kjeld

Hi,

I am logged in with a regular user account on Windows 7, running BC with admin rights.
My BC folder is not accessible for the user, still the BC folder can be mounted and accessed.
I used something like this in a startup script:

runas.exe /savecred /user:THE_MACHINE_NAME\TheAdminAccount "C:\Program Files (x86)\BoxCryptor\BoxCryptor.exe"

Hope this helps anyone. Cheers.