Advanced Settings

Advanced options for AES Drive are stored in the Windows registry in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\nsoftware\AESDrive\20. This registry key holds settings that are available for AES Drive globally. Sub-keys at this path hold settings for individual drives.

The following keys hold configuration information:


Registry Key	Applicable Settings
`HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\nsoftware\AESDrive\20`	Global settings for the application.
`HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\nsoftware\AESDrive\20\Drives`	Drives holds drive specific settings.

The following values can be configured within the root HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\nsoftware\AESDrive\20 registry key:


Name	Type	Description
DeleteLogDays	DWORD	Specifies the number of days that log files will remain before being deleted. Only applies if `RotateLogDays` is greater than 0. If set to 0, old logs will not be deleted.
ForceFileClose	DWORD	Specifies whether to force the closure and subsequent update of the encrypted file on disk after the last handle to the file is closed. In general the application will update the header of the encrypted file on disk when the file is closed. In some cases the system may not close the file immediately after the last handle is closed which results in the file on disk not being updated in a timely manner. This setting forces the closure of the file after the last handle is released. Possible values are: 0 - Not Enabled 1 - Enabled (default)
LogFile	String	Contains the path to the log file.
LogMode	DWORD	Determines the level of logging: 0 - Off. Nothing will be logged. 1 - Error. Only errors in AES Drive's operation will be logged. 2 - Warning. Additional warning information will be logged. 3 - Info. General information about the status of the connection will be logged. 4 - Verbose. Logs additional information about the connection and detailed protocol information. 5 - Debug. Logs detailed debug information. 6 - Debug2. Additional debug information. CAUTION: This generates a very large amount of data.
LogToFile	DWORD	Determines whether or not the log will be written to a file. The file itself is specified by `LogFile`. 0 - The log will only be written to the Log window on the Service tab. (default) 1 - The log will also be saved to a file.
MaxLogLines	DWORD	Determines the maximum number of lines that will be stored in the Log window in the Service tab.
MountTimeout	DWORD	Determines how long (in seconds) AES Drive will wait for Windows to mount a drive without reporting an error. The default is 20 seconds when this value is not present in the registry.
PromptForRegPermissions	DWORD	Determines if AES Drive will ask for registry permissions if it does not have them when it tries to write to the registry. 0 - AES Drive will not ask for registry permissions, instead bringing up a UAC dialog for one-time access. 1 - AES Drive will ask to be granted registry permissions. If granted, UAC access will not be required in the future. (default)
RotateLogDays	DWORD	Specifies how many days AES Drive will use a log file before rotating to a new log file. If set to 0, the log file will never rotate.
ShowDotFiles	DWORD	Determines whether files that start with a dot or period (.) are returned in a directory listing. 0 - Dot files are not returned, so they are not displayed in explorer. 1 - Dot files are returned in the directory listing (default).
HideDotFiles	DWORD	Determines whether files that start with a dot or period (.) are marked as hidden when returned in a directory listing. 0 - Do not hide dot files (default). 1 - Any dot files will be marked with the hidden attribute.
IgnoredDirs	String	Specifies a comma-separated list of folders should be ignored by the virtual drive. Each folder included on the list cannot be created on the virtual drive and will not be returned in directory listings. Please specify the folder relative to the root of the drive. Note: Use with caution. When the system asks us to create these folders we will respond with `SYSERR_CANNOT_MAKE`. Applications or system components that rely on these filesystem operations may start to behave unexpectedly. "" - Nothing is ignored (default). "\$RECYCLE.BIN" - Prevents the system from creating a recycle bin folder.
IgnoredFiles	String	Specifies a comma-separated list of files to ignore requests for. Windows may make frequent, informational requests for files that it needs such as `desktop.ini`. If the request being made by the operating system is for one of the files in this list, the request will not be made to the S3 provider. For each file on this list, we will service the system's request without performing the operation against remote storage. We respond by telling the system the file does not exist for simplicity. "autorun.inf,bootmgr,bootnxt,hiberfil.sys,pagefile.sys,desktop.ini,thumbs.db" (default).
UseMetadataCache	DWORD	Specifies whether AES Drive will use caching for file metadata and directory enumeration entries. Disabling will cause AES Drive to re-download this information when it is requested by Windows and will slow performance. 0 - No cache 1 - Use caching (default)
OtherAllowedFiles	String	When a new drive is created AES Drive will first check the contents of the specified secure storage location folder on disk to make sure it is empty or only contains encrypted files. If unencrypted files are found in the specified folder the application will not allow the location to be used. This setting specifies a comma separated list of unencrypted files that are allowed and will not be considered when determining whether the folder is suitable for secure storage. The default value is `autorun.inf,bootmgr,bootnxt,hiberfil.sys,pagefile.sys,desktop.ini,thumbs.db`
SessionExpirationTime	DWORD	Controls the number of minutes the drive is mounted before requiring a password prompt. The default value is `0` (no expiration).

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