FTP settings gone after upgrade to Windows 10 OS
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FTP settings gone after upgrade to Windows 10 OS
I had Windows 7 OS and TC 9.0a installed on my machine.
In preparation to upgrade the OS, I saved on a side the entire directory c:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\GHISLER\*.ini
The PC was upgraded to Windows 10 Pro OS.
I reinstalled the same TC 9.0a
Copied all configuration *.ini files to the same location: c:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\GHISLER\*.ini
All previous settings were picked up, but all FTP configuration settings are gone. Net => FTP Connect... dialog box window shows not a single entry.
TC's Help => About Total Commander... shows the same location in INI-files: c:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\GHISLER\*.ini
The wcx_ftp.ini is there on a file system. Its size 1558 bytes. It is encrypted, so I cannot manually recover the FTP settings...
So how to restore "invisible" FTP settings?
In preparation to upgrade the OS, I saved on a side the entire directory c:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\GHISLER\*.ini
The PC was upgraded to Windows 10 Pro OS.
I reinstalled the same TC 9.0a
Copied all configuration *.ini files to the same location: c:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\GHISLER\*.ini
All previous settings were picked up, but all FTP configuration settings are gone. Net => FTP Connect... dialog box window shows not a single entry.
TC's Help => About Total Commander... shows the same location in INI-files: c:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\GHISLER\*.ini
The wcx_ftp.ini is there on a file system. Its size 1558 bytes. It is encrypted, so I cannot manually recover the FTP settings...
So how to restore "invisible" FTP settings?
If you have a copy of the old wcx_ftp.ini
why don't you just copy it over to the expected place ?
May be you had a portable installation on which the file was in TC program dir.
why don't you just copy it over to the expected place ?
May be you had a portable installation on which the file was in TC program dir.
Windows 11 Home x64 Version 23H2 (OS Build 22631.3527)
TC 11.03 x64 / x86
Everything 1.5.0.1375a (x64), Everything Toolbar 1.3.3, Listary Pro 6.3.0.78
QAP 11.6.3.3 x64
TC 11.03 x64 / x86
Everything 1.5.0.1375a (x64), Everything Toolbar 1.3.3, Listary Pro 6.3.0.78
QAP 11.6.3.3 x64
Re: FTP settings gone after upgrade to Windows 10 OS
I highly doubt that the whole file is encrypted, because if it were, TC wouldn't be able to read its contents. Now that I think about it, that seems to be exactly what happens. I suspect that your wcx_ftp.ini got corrupted, so I'd do what Horst suggested: copy the file from a backup. If you don't have one, well ... (no comment).ykhabins wrote:The wcx_ftp.ini is there on a file system. Its size 1558 bytes. It is encrypted, so I cannot manually recover the FTP settings...
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Dalai
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Re: FTP settings gone after upgrade to Windows 10 OS
The entire wcx_ftp.ini is encrypted.Dalai wrote:I highly doubt that the whole file is encrypted, because if it were, TC wouldn't be able to read its contents. Now that I think about it, that seems to be exactly what happens. I suspect that your wcx_ftp.ini got corrupted, so I'd do what Horst suggested: copy the file from a backup. If you don't have one, well ... (no comment).ykhabins wrote:The wcx_ftp.ini is there on a file system. Its size 1558 bytes. It is encrypted, so I cannot manually recover the FTP settings...
Regards
Dalai
I already copied wcx_ftp.ini from the backup.
My guess, OS change affected encryption/decryption.
That's why TC cannot decrypt wcx_ftp.ini file anymore.
Any other ideas how to resolve the issue?
Re: FTP settings gone after upgrade to Windows 10 OS
So you had an OS encrypted user volume and now you can't decrypt files from an old backup ?ykhabins wrote:The entire wcx_ftp.ini is encrypted.Dalai wrote:I highly doubt that the whole file is encrypted, because if it were, TC wouldn't be able to read its contents. Now that I think about it, that seems to be exactly what happens. I suspect that your wcx_ftp.ini got corrupted, so I'd do what Horst suggested: copy the file from a backup. If you don't have one, well ... (no comment).ykhabins wrote:The wcx_ftp.ini is there on a file system. Its size 1558 bytes. It is encrypted, so I cannot manually recover the FTP settings...
Regards
Dalai
I already copied wcx_ftp.ini from the backup.
My guess, OS change affected encryption/decryption.
That's why TC cannot decrypt wcx_ftp.ini file anymore.
Any other ideas how to resolve the issue?
Windows 11 Home x64 Version 23H2 (OS Build 22631.3527)
TC 11.03 x64 / x86
Everything 1.5.0.1375a (x64), Everything Toolbar 1.3.3, Listary Pro 6.3.0.78
QAP 11.6.3.3 x64
TC 11.03 x64 / x86
Everything 1.5.0.1375a (x64), Everything Toolbar 1.3.3, Listary Pro 6.3.0.78
QAP 11.6.3.3 x64
TC doesn't encrypt wcx_ftp.ini because it couldn't read anything from it if it did. This is also true for the passwords saved in this file, even when they're protected by the master password. It's still just an .ini file with its sections, keys and values, like this:.
I still think that the file got corrupted, not encrypted, because which program could have done that? Maybe ransomware, that's the only thing I could think of, but since you still have your wincmd.ini...
And, as I said: If you don't have any backup of this file, well, there's nothing any of us could do about it.
Regards
Dalai
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I still think that the file got corrupted, not encrypted, because which program could have done that? Maybe ransomware, that's the only thing I could think of, but since you still have your wincmd.ini...
And, as I said: If you don't have any backup of this file, well, there's nothing any of us could do about it.
Regards
Dalai
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Indeed. Perhaps other files have been corrupted, too.hlloyge wrote:I would suggest to further investigate why the file got garbled, to avoid additional surprises.
Check the file-system (chkdsk /f), check the drive's health (SMART values), maybe even check your memory (MemTest86+).
Regards
Dalai
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