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My Lockbox 2 Quick Start Guide

Basic configuration parameters

After installation completes, My Lockbox becomes active and the folder you assign as Lockbox is hidden and locked.

Now you can find two main shortcuts under the My Lockbox folder in the Windows Start Menu:

  • My Lockbox Control Panel
  • My Lockbox

My Lockbox also appears on the desktop.

My Lockbox is a shortcut to your protected folder.

 

When you open this shortcut, My Lockbox prompts you to enter your password, and if the password is valid, opens the folder on the desktop.


My Lockbox Control Panel is a tool for My Lockbox management.

You can use My Lockbox Control Panel to specify the Lockbox location and create a password to prevent your Lockbox from unauthorized access.


To start My Lockbox Control Panel, please click Start, select All Programs/My Lockbox/My Lockbox Control Panel.

Alternatively you can press a hotkey (Ctrl+Shift+P by default).

There are 3 ways to change the Lockbox location (or protect a new folder):

  1. Click on the Set (or Add) button near the My Lockbox folder location input line, browse for your private folder and click OK.

  2. Browse for your private folder in Windows Explorer and drag this folder from Explorer to My Lockbox Control Panel.
  3. Click right mouse button on the folder in Windows Explorer and select Protect with My Lockbox (available if you enabled the corresponding option in My Lockbox Control Panel)

To create or change your password, click Advanced button, then select Password tab. If you are changing the password, you must enter the current password into "Enter current password" line.

 

Type your new password in "Enter new password" and "Confirm new password" lines.

You can also enter a descriptive or meaningful text in Hint (password reminder) to help you remember your password. Note that when you create a password hint, anyone who runs My Lockbox will see the hint in the password prompt box.

Enabling and disabling protection

When you start the computer, your protected folder is locked and hidden.

To unlock this folder you should either start My Lockbox Control Panel and click Unlock button or open My Lockbox shortcut.

Please note that in both cases, My Lockbox prompts you to input your password. If you close Control Panel while lockbox is unlocked, a small My Lockbox icon will appear in the system tray notifying you that Lockbox is unlocked. You can click this tray icon to run My Lockbox Control Panel.

To lock the folder again, either run My Lockbox Control Panel and click Lock button or click right mouse button on the My Lockbox tray icon and select Lock and Quit from the drop-down menu.