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<h2>Program Menu</h2>

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<p>Note: To save space, only the menu items that are not self-explanatory are described in this documentation.</p>

<h3>Volumes -&gt; Auto-Mount All Device-Hosted Volumes</h3>

<p>See the section <a href="Main%20Program%20Window.html">

<em>Auto-Mount Devices.</em></a></p>

<p>See the section <a href="Main%20Program%20Window.html">

<h3>Volumes -&gt; Change Volume Password</h3>

<p>Allows changing the password of the currently selected VeraCrypt volume (no matter whether the volume is hidden or standard). Only the header key and the secondary header key (XTS mode) are changed &ndash; the master key remains unchanged. This function

re-encrypts the volume header using<br>

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a header encryption key derived from a new password. Note that the volume header contains the master encryption key with which the volume is encrypted. Therefore, the data stored on the volume will

<em>not</em> be lost after you use this function (password change will only take a few seconds).<br>

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To change a VeraCrypt volume password, click on <em>Select File</em> or <em>Select Device</em>, then select the volume, and from the

<em>Volumes</em> menu select <em>Change Volume Password</em>.<br>

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Note: For information on how to change a password used for pre-boot authentication, please see the section

<em>System -&gt; Change Password</em>.<br>

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See also the chapter <a href="Security%20Requirements%20and%20Precautions.html">

<em>Security Requirements and Precautions</em></a>.</p>

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<h4>PKCS-5 PRF</h4>

<p>In this field you can select the algorithm that will be used in deriving new volume header keys (for more information, see the section

<a href="Header%20Key%20Derivation.html">

<em>Header Key Derivation, Salt, and Iteration Count</em></a>) and in generating the new salt (for more information, see the section

<p>When checked, passwords and/or processed keyfile contents for up to last four successfully mounted VeraCrypt volumes are cached. If the 'Include PIM when caching a password' option is enabled in the Preferences, non-default PIM values are cached alongside the passwords. This allows mounting volumes without having to type their passwords (and selecting keyfiles) repeatedly. VeraCrypt never saves

any password or PIM values to a disk (however, see the chapter <a href="Security%20Requirements%20and%20Precautions.html">

<em>Security Requirements and Precautions</em></a>). Password caching can be enabled/disabled in the Preferences (<em>Settings</em> -&gt;

<em>Preferences</em>) and in the password prompt window. If the system partition/drive is encrypted, caching of the pre-boot authentication password can be enabled or disabled in the system encryption settings (<em>Settings</em> &gt; &lsquo;<em>System Encryption</em>&rsquo;).</p>

<h4>Temporary Cache password during &quot;Mount Favorite Volumes&quot; operations</h4>

<p>When this option is unchecked (this is the default), VeraCrypt will display the password prompt window for every favorite volume during the execution of the &quot;Mount Favorite Volumes&quot; operation and each password is erased once the volume is mounted (unless

password caching is enabled).<br>

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If this option is checked and if there are two or more favorite volumes, then during the operation &quot;Mount Favorite Volumes&quot;, VeraCrypt will first try the password of the previous favorite and if it doesn't work, it will display password prompt window. This

logic applies starting from the second favorite volume onwards. Once all favorite volumes are processed, the password is erased from memory.</p>

<p>This option is useful when favorite volumes share the same password since the password prompt window will only be displayed once for the first favorite and VeraCrypt will automatically mount all subsequent favorites.</p>

<p>Please note that since we can't assume that all favorites use the same PRF (hash) nor the same TrueCrypt mode, VeraCrypt uses Autodetection for the PRF of subsequent favorite volumes and it tries both TrueCryptMode values (false, true) which means that the

total mounting time will be slower compared to the individual mounting of each volume with the manual selection of the correct PRF and the correct TrueCryptMode.</p>

<h4>Open Explorer window for successfully mounted volume</h4>

<p>If this option is checked, then after a VeraCrypt volume has been successfully mounted, an Explorer window showing the root directory of the volume (e.g., T:\) will be automatically opened.</p>

<h4>Use a different taskbar icon when there are mounted volumes</h4>

<p>If enabled, the appearance of the VeraCrypt taskbar icon (shown within the system tray notification area) is different while a VeraCrypt volume is mounted, except the following:</p>

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<li>Partitions/drives within the key scope of active system encryption (e.g., a system partition encrypted by VeraCrypt, or a non-system partition located on a system drive encrypted by VeraCrypt, mounted when the encrypted operating system is running).

</li><li>VeraCrypt volumes that are not fully accessible to the user account (e.g. a volume mounted from within another user account).

<h4>VeraCrypt Background Task &ndash; Enabled</h4>

<p>See the chapter <a href="VeraCrypt%20Background%20Task.html">

<em>VeraCrypt Background Task</em></a>.</p>

<h4>VeraCrypt Background Task &ndash; Exit when there are no mounted volumes</h4>

<p>If this option is checked, the VeraCrypt background task automatically and silently exits as soon as there are no mounted VeraCrypt volumes. For more information, see the chapter

<a href="VeraCrypt%20Background%20Task.html">

<em>VeraCrypt Background Task</em></a>. Note that this option cannot be disabled when VeraCrypt runs in portable mode.</p>

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