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TrueCrypt System Files & Application Data

Note: %windir% is the main Windows installation path (e.g., C:\WINDOWS)

TrueCrypt Driver

TrueCrypt Settings, Application Data, and Other System Files

WARNING: Note that TrueCrypt does not encrypt any of the files listed in this section (unless it encrypts the system partition/drive).

The following files are saved in the folder %APPDATA%\TrueCrypt\. In portable mode, these files are saved to the folder from which you run the file TrueCrypt.exe (i.e., the folder in which TrueCrypt.exe resides):


Configuration.xml  (the main configuration file).

System Encryption.xml  (temporary configuration file used during the initial process of in-place encryption/decryption of the system partition/drive).

Default Keyfiles.xml
Note: This file may be absent if the corresponding TrueCrypt feature is not used.

Favorite Volumes.xml
Note: This file may be absent if the corresponding TrueCrypt feature is not used.

History.xml  (the list of last twenty files/devices attempted to be mounted as TrueCrypt volumes or attempted to be used as hosts for TrueCrypt volumes; this feature can be disabled – for more information, see the subsection Never Save History in the chapter Main Program Window).
Note: This file may be absent if the corresponding TrueCrypt feature is not used.

In-Place Encryption
In-Place Encryption Wipe Algo
(temporary configuration files used during the initial process of in-place encryption/decryption of a non-system volume).

Post-Install Task - Tutorial
Post-Install Task - Release Notes
(temporary configuration files used during the process of installation or upgrade of TrueCrypt).

The following files are saved in the folder %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\TrueCrypt\:

Original System Loader  (a backup of the original content of the first drive track made before the TrueCrypt Boot Loader was written to it).
Note: This file is absent if the system partition/drive has not been encrypted.

The following files are saved in the folder %windir%\system32:

TrueCrypt System Favorite Volumes.xml
Note: This file may be absent if the corresponding TrueCrypt feature is not used.

TrueCrypt.exe
Note: A copy of this file is located in this folder only when one or more system favorite volumes are defined.