Truecrypt

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

TrueCrypt Driver

%windir%\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\truecrypt.sys

Note: This file is not present when TrueCrypt is run in portable mode.

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 section Never Save History)

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 (32-bit systems) or

%windir%\SysWOW64 (64-bit systems):

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 mounting of system favorite volumes is enabled.