BestCrypt Control Panel


BestCrypt Control Panel is a central BestCrypt user interaction application. It allows to perform container operations and management (adding, changing and removing passwords for example) as well some advanced operations.

The following sections describe BestCrypt Control Panel functions grouped together by the task they perform starting with the general overview of the main Control Panel window.

General overview

BestCrypt Control Panel window is divided into the toolbar and a number of control sections. Lets take a closer look at the main window:

Toolbar items

Control Panel toolbar provides a set of items to access main BestCrypt functions. Some of the functions apply only to selected container. The default set of toolbar items is as follows:

My Container list

The leftmost area of the control panel main window is called My Container list. Each element in the list corresponds to each container file known to be located on your system. There are several ways to get one's containers to the list:

Container properties

By left-clicking any container in the list its information and preferences will be displayed on the right pane of the control panel. Container's preferences can also be changed here.

General information

This section displays basic information about currently selected container:

Mount options

This section allows to modify mounting behaviour for the container selected. All following options specify default behaviour that can be changed for each particular mount request in container mount dialog.

Operations bar

Containers' operations are grouped under easily accessible menus on the taskbar. Each of these groups is discussed separetely in the following sections of this guide, each group brief description is as follows:

Create new container

To create new BestCrypt container click Create on the welcome screen or on the toolbar. The following dialog will appear to guide you through the process: