On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:08:30 +0200, "Laurent Jumet" <laurent.ju...@skynet.be> wrote:
> >Hello BosseB ! > >BosseB <bo.bergl...@telia.com> wrote: > >> I have a number of encrypted files, which I need to decrypt. I have >> installed GPG 1.4.9 on my Windows XP-Pro SP3 PC. I have the necessary >> keyrings and they work with Thunderbird and Enigmail. >> But as I said I need to decrypt files that are on my hard disk, not in >> an email.... >> I tried this command in a command window: >> gpg -d <asc filename> >> I got a prompt for my passphrase and as soon as I entered this the >> window filled with large amounts of strange characters and the PC >> speaker started to beep and never would stop. >> I finally had to use ProcessExplorer and kill the cmd process to get >> silence. :-( > > If you don't specify the final file, GPG writes it to stdout (the screen); > and if the file contains non ASCII carachters, you'll get full of garbage. > You should use instead: >gpg --yes --output finalfile encrypted.asc > (The "-D" is not mandatory as GPG assumes you want to decrypt). > > But there is an easier way: install GPGShell and you only need to > rightclick on the file and call the appropriate decrypting menu: >http://www.jumaros.de/rsoft/index.html I found GPGShell and tried it but it did not offer a context menu in Windows Explorer just a rather strange regular program window which is not intuitive to use for a Windows user at least. It starts up with a list of the keyring, which is of little use, and no file browser. Not what I was looking for... But I finally found it, it is called GPGee and it gives me a Windows Explorer pop-up menu entry for Verify/Decrypt if I click on an ASC file and Sign/Encrypt alternatives if I click another file type. Just what I remembered! The problem here is that the top Google result for gpgee is softpedia and their download link is broken. But I got it from here: http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gpgee/ -- Bo Berglund Developer in Sweden _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
