<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>VeraCrypt - Free Open source disk encryption with strong security for the Paranoid</title> <meta name="description" content="VeraCrypt is free open-source disk encryption software for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. In case an attacker forces you to reveal the password, VeraCrypt provides plausible deniability. In contrast to file encryption, data encryption performed by VeraCrypt is real-time (on-the-fly), automatic, transparent, needs very little memory, and does not involve temporary unencrypted files."/> <meta name="keywords" content="encryption, security"/> <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> </head> <body> <div> <a href="https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Home.html"><img src="VeraCrypt128x128.png" alt="VeraCrypt"/></a> </div> <div id="menu"> <ul> <li><a href="Home.html">Home</a></li> <li><a href="/code/">Source Code</a></li> <li><a href="Downloads.html">Downloads</a></li> <li><a class="active" href="Documentation.html">Documentation</a></li> <li><a href="Donation.html">Donate</a></li> <li><a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/veracrypt/discussion/" target="_blank">Forums</a></li> </ul> </div> <div> <p> <a href="Documentation.html">Documentation</a> <img src="arrow_right.gif" alt=">>" style="margin-top: 5px"> <a href="Miscellaneous.html">Miscellaneous</a> <img src="arrow_right.gif" alt=">>" style="margin-top: 5px"> <a href="VeraCrypt%20System%20Files.html">VeraCrypt System Files</a> </p></div> <div class="wikidoc"> <div> <h1>VeraCrypt System Files & Application Data</h1> <p>Note: %windir% is the main Windows installation path (e.g., C:\WINDOWS)</p> <h4>VeraCrypt Driver</h4> <p>%windir%\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\veracrypt.sys</p> <p>Note: This file is not present when VeraCrypt is run in portable mode.</p> <h4>VeraCrypt Settings, Application Data, and Other System Files</h4> <p>WARNING: Note that VeraCrypt does <em>not</em> encrypt any of the files listed in this section (unless it encrypts the system partition/drive).<br> <br> The following files are saved in the folder %APPDATA%\VeraCrypt\. In portable mode, these files are saved to the folder from which you run the file Vera<em>Crypt.exe</em> (i.e., the folder in which Vera<em>Crypt.exe</em> resides):</p> <ul> <li>"Configuration.xml" (the main configuration file). </li></ul> <ul> <li>"System Encryption.xml" (temporary configuration file used during the initial process of in-place encryption/decryption of the system partition/drive). </li></ul> <ul> <li>"Default Keyfiles.xml" <ul> <li>Note: This file may be absent if the corresponding VeraCrypt feature is not used. </li></ul> </li></ul> <ul> <li>"Favorite Volumes.xml" <ul> <li>Note: This file may be absent if the corresponding VeraCrypt feature is not used. </li></ul> </li></ul> <ul> <li>"History.xml" (the list of last twenty files/devices attempted to be mounted as VeraCrypt volumes or attempted to be used as hosts for VeraCrypt volumes; this feature can be disabled – for more information, see the section <em>Never Save History</em>) <ul> <li>Note: This file may be absent if the corresponding VeraCrypt feature is not used. </li></ul> </li></ul> <ul> <li>"In-Place Encryption" (temporary configuration file used during the initial process of in-place encryption/decryption of a non-system volume). </li></ul> <ul> <li>"In-Place Encryption Wipe Algo" (temporary configuration file used during the initial process of in-place encryption/decryption of a non-system volume). </li></ul> <ul> <li>"Post-Install Task - Tutorial" (temporary configuration file used during the process of installation or upgrade of VeraCrypt). </li></ul> <ul> <li>"Post-Install Task - Release Notes" (temporary configuration file used during the process of installation or upgrade of VeraCrypt). </li></ul> <p>The following files are saved in the folder %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\VeraCrypt\:</p> <ul> <li>"Original System Loader" (a backup of the original content of the first drive track made before the VeraCrypt Boot Loader was written to it). <ul> <li>Note: This file is absent if the system partition/drive has not been encrypted. </li></ul> </li></ul> <p>The following files are saved in the folder %windir%\system32 (32-bit systems) or %windir%\SysWOW64 (64-bit systems):</p> <ul> <li>"VeraCrypt System Favorite Volumes.xml" <ul> <li>Note: This file may be absent if the corresponding VeraCrypt feature is not used. </li></ul> </li></ul> <ul> <li>VeraCrypt.exe <ul> <li>Note: A copy of this file is located in this folder only when mounting of system favorite volumes is enabled. </li></ul> </li></ul> <p> </p> </div> </div><div class="ClearBoth"></div></body></html>