Welcome

Welcome to NEXTGEN Widget Encrypt3.

If this is your first run, you will create an account. That username and password protect the vault on this PC. They are not your OpenPGP key passphrase. You will set key passphrases when you compose or import secret keys.

After you sign in you will see the key store. That grid is the center of the product. From here you compose keys, import public or secret material (files or armored blocks), encrypt and decrypt files, folders, and text, and open Settings for the vault path, idle lock, Explorer verbs, and update checks.

Three habits will save you time:

  1. Treat the vault file as the source of truth. Know where it lives and keep a tested backup.
  2. Distinguish login password (vault) from key passphrase (OpenPGP secret key).
  3. Do not encrypt to expired or revoked keys. The program blocks that on purpose.

Evaluation copies may limit how long a newly composed key can remain valid (30 days). A licensed copy does not apply that cap. Use Help → About for version, build date, and machine code if you are activating a license.

If you are converting from another OpenPGP program, start with Keys → Import or Import from clipboard, confirm the fingerprint, then run one file encrypt/decrypt round trip before you rely on it for real mail.