fukuyori / ExcelPass

ExcelPass is a Windows program that can add or remove password protection individually or in batch. Works with Excel, Word, PowerPoint, PDF, and ZIP.
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[Feature suggestion] Warning message or backup folder #16

Open vatterspun opened 7 years ago

vatterspun commented 7 years ago

These are low priority and may be discarded.


One thing I like to see in most security programs is a warning screen either at first run or whenever the lock button is clicked. There should definitely be a way to disable this to avoid nagging the user (as in the image below).

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Another option for the very cautious is to have a backup folder available just in case the password for the encrypted version is lost. So the process would be:

  1. User adds a file to encrypt, enters a password, and clicks the lock button
  2. The original file is sent to the defined backup folder
  3. The encrypted file replaces the original