Technical Details: Registry EntriesThe PC version of FreeOTFE
doesn't create any registry entries for itsself unless the user chooses
to associate ".vol" files with the application, in which case only
those registry entries which are required to associate the FreeOTFE
executable with the filename extension are created. All user
options and settings are stored in a ".ini" file located in the
FreeOTFE
directory.
In addition to this, MS Windows does create an registry entry for each FreeOTFE driver used. This is inevitable; all OTFE systems running under MS Windows are required to do this in order to function correctly.
The following detail the registry entries typically created by MS Windows:
Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\<driver name>
These keys may have the following values under them:
Value
|
Type
|
Meaning
|
ErrorControl
|
DWORD |
0x00000001 - Normal error handling
|
Start
|
DWORD |
0x00000001 - Driver started at system
0x00000003 - Driver started manually
|
Type
|
DWORD
|
0x00000001
|
Portable
|
DWORD
|
This value is optional, but set to 0x00000001 if present.
This value flags that the relevant driver was installed in "portable mode", and should be removed
|
The PDA version of FreeOTFE (FreeOTFE4PDA) operates in a similar
manner, though no registry entries are created automatically by the OS
for the drivers used. Instead, FreeOTFE4PDA is required to create a
seqeunce of registry entries when a volume is mounted. These registry
entries are deleted once the volume is dismounted.
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