Vault and settings — Watch folder

Where: Tools or Settings → Watch folder.

Drop files into an inbox folder. Encrypt3 encrypts them to a key you select and writes the ciphertext to an output folder. It does not encrypt folders you drop in.

Set it up

  1. Open Watch folder.
  2. Choose the inbox folder (example: Watch folder In).
  3. Choose the output folder (example: Watch folder Out).
  4. Select the key used to encrypt. Pick a key you can decrypt later (it should have secret material in this vault), not a random grid row.
  5. Optional: recipient group name.
  6. Save. You should see that settings were stored.

Leave Encrypt3 running (or at least signed in, not locked) so the watcher can work.

What happens

  • You copy a finished file into the inbox.
  • The watcher waits until the file is done growing, then encrypts to the selected key.
  • Success: ciphertext in the output folder.
  • The original is moved to Processed under the inbox.
  • Failure: file goes to Failed under the inbox.

Decrypt

Use File Task → Decrypt file on the output file. Enter the passphrase for the secret key you chose in Watch folder.

Do not expect

  • Subfolders dropped in the inbox to be packed as a tree (files only).
  • Encryption if the program is closed or the session is locked.
  • A mystery recipient — if you did not pick a key, you will not know what opens the files. Always set the key.

If it fails

  • First file worked, later files went to Failed — the file was still being written, or the key/policy rejected it. Leave the file alone until the copy finishes.
  • No key selected — set one and Save.
  • Inbox and output are the same folder — use two different folders.
  • Idle lock — unlock, then drop the file again.

Next

File Task for one-off files. Recipient groups if you filter by group instead of one key.