Options tab

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You can configure the program to provide all required convenience.

Allow Dekart Private Disk to start automatically
You can allow Private Disk to run automatically on system start. Set Run automatically on System start flag to enable this.

Enable/disable Dekart Private Disk icon
You can enable or disable Private Disk bulb icon. Set Display icon on System taskbar flag to enable bulb icon

Minimize control panel when clicking Close or Exit buttons
You can allow Control Panel to minimize when you click Close or Exit buttons. Set Closing the window will minimize the program to System taskbar flag to allow minimizing.

Configuring “Hot keys”
Select the Options tab of the Control panel menu to define the hot keys for automatic unmounting of all virtual encrypted disks and for automatic unmounting of all virtual encrypted disks on program exit. To do this, enter the desired key combination in the Dismount all disks and Dismount all disks and exit the program fields or use the default settings.

Allow to check for Dekart Private Disk updates
You can allow Private Disk to check for updates if Internet connection is available. Set Check if a new version of Dekart Private Disk is available flag to allow check for Updates.

Disable Exit confirmation
You can enable or disable Private Disk to confirm Exit. Set Do not show exit program confirmation dialog flag to disable confirmation message.

Setting file extension for the file-image
You can associate Private Disk with file-images (*.dpd). Set Associate with file extension flag to allow associations. This allows mounting encrypted disk with double-clicking on file-images from Windows Explorer.

Enable program to ask drive letter before connecting
You can enable or disable Private Disk to ask user a drive letter before mounting virtual disk. Set Choose the drive letter before connecting flag to enable this prompt. If this option is enabled the program will ask you to enter the drive letter every time you mount the disk.

Enabling/disabling event and error logging
After you select the Enable error and operation logging checkbox, dk_pdapi.log and dk_pd.log files will appear in the root folder of the system disk, which will be further used to logging all mistakes and events triggered by the user’s actions. If no checkbox is checked, the logging will not be enabled.

Checking for the currently opened files before disk's disconnection
Go to Private Disk Conrol Panel,t select Options tab and check the Check for opened files before disconnecting checkbox. When this option is enabled, the program will display a warning message on disk disconnection event, informing the user that there are files currently opened on the disk and allowing him to save all changes before proceeding with disk disconnection. Otherwise, the disk will be disconnected without prompting the user to save his changes.

Note. We recommend enabling this option to avoid possible information loss triggered by the disk disconnection performed without closing running applications.

Allowing to automatically explore the disk after connecting
The disk can be set up to be automatically explored in Windows Explorer after it has been connected. To enable this, go to Private Disk Control Panel, select Options tab and check the Explore disk after connecting checkbox.

Changing the Private Disk system tray icon
The Customize tab of the Control Panel allows changing the icons of Private Disk appearing in system tray (both the "mounted" and "unmounted" state icons) and private disc file image (<.dpd> file extension). To do it, please, click the Change button for the Icons "No connected disks status icon:", "Connected disks status icon:" and "Private Disc File image:".

Here you can either select icons offered by Private Disk or Browse the file you would like to choose the icons from.

You may also use the default icons.