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Gpg4win (GNU Privacy Guard for Windows) is encryption software for files and emails.

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Where is my gpgconf file on Windows?

I'd like to edit my user-level GPG configuration file (or the system-wide config, if that isn't possible), but I don't actually know where the relevant files are on Windows (or where I should create them, if they don't exist). I'm using Windows 10.…
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How to transfer Kleopatra / GnuPGP/ Gpg4win PGP keys from an old hard drive to a new computer?

I used to use Kleopatra on an old Windows XP machine. The hard drive of the aforementioned computer was transferred into an external enclosure and is available; GPG4Win version 2.0.1 was on that machine. The new computer is running Windows 7 Home…
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Gpg-agent under Windows as SSH Agent for git bash

gpg-agent has options "--enable-ssh-support" and "--enable-putty-support" that allows it to use it as a drop-in replacement for the well-known ssh-agent. I've been pulling my hair out trying to figure out how exactly make this work in windows and…
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How to get a PGP RSA key pair with a "rare" fingerprint, e.g. one that begins "ABBA"? (Windows 10)

On Windows 10, how can I automate the generation of PGP RSA key pairs, dumping each one if the 40 hex-character fingerprint doesn't begin ABBA (for example), stopping when a generated pair meets that criterion, then exporting the public and private…
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Scdaemon won't detect Yubikey on Windows 10

This has recently started after I updated to Windows 10 1803 (x64). I have updated Gpg4Win to the latest version (3.1.2), but this has not fixed anything. I have tried the following: Remove the Minidriver…
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Why trust a public gpg key?

I'm trying to verify the integrity of TrueCrypt binaries (not the source like Xavier). Am using Xavier de Carné de Carnavalet's Guide "How I compiled TrueCrypt 7.1a for Win32 and matched the official binaries";…
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How do you use gpg4win from command line to encrypt or decrypt a file?

I have Windows 7. (Not Windows 10 so I don't have the fancy native "Windows Services for Unix" that Windows 10 apparently has) How do you use gpg4win from command line to encrypt or decrypt a file? I saw a video on youtube that mentioned that on…
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GPG and PGP keyring compatibile

I have PGP Desktop 8.1 installed (PGP Corp) I wonder if I can use GPG with same keyring as PGP does?
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Why gpg-agent not running after Windows 10 restart?

I have configured Putty to run with Yubikey for SSH connections following procedure here. I have configured remote server to accept only key connection. Everything was working as expected. After Windows 10 restart, set-up was broken. Symptom:…
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The Windows command line shows my GPG keys, but git bash does not?

I installed GPG4Win and Kleopatra on my Windows 10 system, and imported my public and private key files that were created on another machine. My goal is to sign my commits in Github using these keys (which I've done in the past from the old…
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Using GPG keys generated with WSL in Windows directly?

So I'm just trying to sign my LibreOffice documents digitally. I have generated my GPG key in a Debian WSL terminal using the gpg command line. Yet when I access my LibreOffice documents, File → Digital Signatures → Digital Signatures → Sign…
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Kleopatra GPG4win fails to publish key on server

I am new to PGP and wanted to test it. I have successfully created a keypair and wanted to publish on the server, but get the following error: The output from C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuPG\bin\gpg.exe was: gpg: sending key 2C0731CF036975A9 to…
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Why does gpg4win's gpg-agent not authenticate me to ssh?

Preamble My understanding of gpg and ssh is medium-technical as a programmer and crypto-fan, but I'm not a huge pro in either's nitty-gritty details like configuration, "trivia" like alphabet soup specs, magic variables, and interoperation. I've…
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gpg: Note: '--passphrase' is not considered an option

I am running on Windows. gpg --version gpg (GnuPG) 2.2.4 libgcrypt 1.8.2 I am trying to decrypt multiple files, as follows: gpg --batch --decrypt-files *.gpg --passphrase secretPassword I get the error: Note: '--passphrase' is not considered an…
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How to set the default GPG encryption key?

Say I am using only one encryption key most the time. How do I set the default encryption key in order to avoid mentioning it in the encryption command In other word, I want this command: gpg -e to be equivalent to the command with the…
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