The System Tab provides access to settings that are related to
Password Safe's interaction with the system on which it is running.
Put icon in System Tray
If checked, Password Safe will minimize to
the the System Tray area. If unchecked, the program will minimize to
the task bar.
The icon in the system tray indicates whether the password
database is locked (
) or
unlocked (
). If
it is locked, you will be prompted for the master combination when you
try to unminimize it.
Remember last N
used entries in System Tray menu
If the
Put icon in System Tray option is enabled, you can right-click
on the system tray icon to get to the most recently used entries
directly, without going through the application's main screen. This
option allows you to configure how many recent entries you wish to
keep in the system tray icon's list.
Start Password Safe at Login
If checked, this will cause Password Safe to start automatically in the
System tray when you log on. Note that you will be prompted for the
Safe combination the first time you double-click on the System Tray
icon,
not before.
Recent Passwordsafe Databases
These controls allow you to configure how many
recently opened databases are displayed in the File menu. Note that you need to exit and restart
Password Safe for changes in this control to take
effect.
Recent Databases on File Menu rather than as a sub-menu
This option determines how the recently opened databases are presented
in the File menu - directly on the menu, or as a sub-menu.
Remove Password Safe data from Registry
Prior to version 3.05,
Password Safe
used the Registry to store configuration data, such as non-default
options settings, last database opened, etc. As of this release, this
information is split into database-specific and user/machine specific
settings, with the latter being stored in a separate configuration
file. Selecting this option and clicking on the
Apply button will cause the registry settings to be cleared. This is useful if you wish to remove traces of
Password Safe on your PC. Note, however, that this means that older versions of
Password Safe will revert to default value for some of the settings.
Notes:
- If previous versions of Password Safe have never been installed, or if the data has already been removed, then the checkbox and Apply button will not be displayed.
- In rare circumstances, where Password Safe is unable to create or write to the configuration file, the registry will be used.