Do not encrypt file names!

Infostudent

It would be better to have at least an option to switch off file name encryption.

following situation: You want to restore an earlier version of a file from a Backup or from Dropbox.

Problem: You can't read the names.

The version management is dropbox most powerful feature. With Boxcryptor it bocomes useless.

The only way to find the right file is counting the number of files/folders in in and then searcching for such an folder on the dropbox website.

Boris

Hello Infostudent
the filename encryption can be disabled. When you set up BoxCryptor the first time you have to activate advanced mode. Then you can disable the filename encryption in the window where you can type in your BoxCryptor password.
Greetings
Boris

Infostudent

Hello,

I just wanted to try this. I'm not at home and use my MacBookPro (EncFS).

Two problems. There is one folder in my decrypted drive which can't be copied. It contains no files/folders but it should contain three folders. Where are they? In my Dropbox, there is no folder without subfolders and no empty folder. So something is wrong here.

How to disable filename encryption using EncFS?

Wheatman

Hello Boris,

I recently upgraded to version 1.2 of the free version. I now have a need to disable file name encryption. When I go into Advanced Mode, in the lower right of the dialogue box it shows that File Name Encryption is enabled, but there doesn't seem to be a way to disable it in v 1.2. Do I need to use the command line utility that is described in another thread or is there a simple check box where I can disable file name encrption for an exisiting folder ?

Boris

Hello Wheatman
to disable filename encryption in an existing encrypted folder you have to use our command line tool BoxCryptor Control which can be downloaded from here:
http://blog.boxcryptor.com/boxcryptor-for-windows-portable-and-control-u
Best regards
Boris

BobP

Thanks for this thread. I did find it much easier however to simply copy the Z drive somewhere and remove and re-install BoxCryptor, this time with file encryption disabled, then refill the Z drive. On the first computer it asked me for all the info and on the second computer, after letting Dropbox do its thing, it seemed to find everything including the password from the previous install without asking me, but recognized the new config file and everything was fine.

And thanks for a great product!

- Bob