Kryptel: suddenly reporting "Error executing program! (

[jcelle]

Hello,
I am using Kryptel wcx plugin to cryp and decrypt files within Total Commander.
Since a few days I am getting this "Error executing program! (5)" error message each time I try to invoke the plugin.
Is there a way to further investigate what is causing this (some logs for instance) ?
Thanks and regards.
J.Celle

Happening on both 7.56 and 8.b 32 bits versions of TC on an XP box.

[ghisler(Author)]

Try re-installing the plugin.

Error 5 is "ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED". But "Error executing program" is normally not shown for plugins, only when starting external programs.

[jcelle]

Thanks for your suggestion. I did it already. At first it worked but then stopped working again. I just wished I could narrow my investigation to find out what is the real cause.

[ghisler(Author)]

Try using "process monitor" (not "process explorer"!) from www.sysinternals.com. It can show you which file couldn't be accessed.

[jcelle]

Christian, thanks for the suggestion, I'll give it a try.
Note that in the mean time I have progressed and identified some steps to make it work:

Case 1: kryptel can't be loaded "Error Executing program! (5)"

Just navigate to the proper directory (let's say c:\foo) and double click or press enter on the encrypted file (associated with kryptel wcx plugin), let's say mydata.edc.

Case 2: kryptel can be loaded !
In TC command line just enter "cd c:\foo\mydata.edc"
The plugins is invoked and content of mydata.edc properly displayed.

Strange isnt'it, but this might give you a hint Christian about how these 2 methods differ.

[jcelle]

Problem solved thanks to analysis with procmon.
I was able to notice that TC looked up in system registry for the program associated with .edc files. In registry, an unknown and non existing "KryptelBrowser.exe" was set, causing the error.

TC should have first looked up this in its internal association configuration where I had specified that .edc files should be managed through the "kryptel.wcx" plugin (and this file does exist on my system).

Removing the Windows .edc association to this "KryptelBrowser.exe" fixed the problem.

Thanks for the valuable suggestion Christian.

[krad]

jcelle, TC worked correctly, on double-click it should (and did) call Kryptel Browser. The browser missed on your computer so the call failed.

Here is what the TC article on Kryptel web site says:
"In order to browse a Kryptel container in Total Commander, click the container to select it, and press Ctrl-PgDn. Note that double-clicking the container will open it in Kryptel Browser."

[jcelle]

Oh that's a good one I had not seen. Thank you very much.