[Gpg4win-users-en] Why are my encrypted files AUTOMATICALLY decrypting?

[Dessi Sumilo]

Good advice...

I basically did the following:

1)  Uninstalled gpg4win, gpgshell, gnupg, etc. after exporting my keys
2)  Went through the registry and found all GNU entries (note:  there
were some trolltech entries that were concerning but they seem legit
after a bit of research) and deleted them
3)  restarted
4)  Checked all directories and find any GNU (including Apps/roaming)
and deleted them.
5)  restarted
6)  Installed gpg4win w/GPA, and gpgshell
7)  Imported my keys
8)  restarted
9)  Made sure my gpg-agent had 0 for the cache stuff

I then proceeded to test.

Everything seems to work fine now.  But I will definitely keep an eye
on it.

Thank you for all of your help.

> On Tuesday 28 July 2015 at 00:35:18, Dessi Sumilo wrote:
>> I am at a total loss...
>
> This usually is the point where you should put it away
> for a few days and then start fresh over.
>
> http://wiki.gnupg.org/TroubleShooting
> says "If GUI frontend applications fail, try to do the operations on
> the
> command line. This way you can often exclude that the problem is
> within the
> frontend. And you sometimes get additional helpful messages."
>
> If you know the command line, this is an advantage for diagnosis,
> because it is more verbose.
>
> == Step 1
> Create a new OpenPGP certificate on the comand line.
>   gpg2 --gen-key
> List it
>   gpg2 --list-secret-keys
> Try to sign something (-v makes it more verbose)
>   gpg2 -v --sign
> If you have several certs you may want to use "--default-key".
> (Replace YOURNEWCERT with an id of your new cert of course.)
>   gpg2 -v --default-key YOURNEWCERT --sign
>
> You should get asked for a passphrase.
>
> == Step 2
> Now try encrypting to yourself. Create SOMEFILE.txt.
>
>   gpg2 -v -r YOURNEWCERT --default-key  SOMEFILE.txt
>
> If successful, try to decrypt:
>   gpg2 -v SOMEFILE.gpg
>
> You should get asked for a passphrase.
>
> == Report here
> If something fails, report here with the output (best in a text file).
> As this is just a toy cert you can report about it. When in doubt cut
> away the
> information about other certs if here are any.
>
> Best Regards,
> Bernhard
>
>
>
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