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My Lockbox 2 Quick Start Guide

Installation

Basic configuration parameters

Enabling and disabling protection

Installation

My Lockbox is an very easy in use software. The most important parameters can be configured during the setup procedure.

First of all, download the latest version of My Lockbox from http://www.fspro.net/downloads.html

Run the installation package and follow the on-screen instructions.

This is a welcome screen telling you that you are going to install My Lockbox.
Press Next button to continue setup.

Read carefully the license agreement. You should accept the agreement to continue setup.

Select a folder in which My Lockbox application will be installed. By default My Lockbox will be installed into \Program Files\My Lockbox folder. Press Next button to continue.

Select a Start Menu folder for the program's shortcuts. You may tick "Don't create a Start Menu folder" if you don't want to have My Lockbox in Windows Start Menu.

Press Install button to start copying files to your computer.

Set a password to protect your private lockbox folder:

Type your password into "Enter your password" field and retype it again into "Confirm your password".

You can also enter descriptive or meaningful text in "Enter a password hint" field to help you remember your password. Note that if you create the password hint, anyone who runs My LockBox will see the hint in the password prompt box.

If you leave password fields blank, My Lockbox will prompt you to create a password later.

Important. If you are reinstalling My Lockbox, this screen will not be displayed - the password from the previous installation will be in use.

Define the location of your protected folder. This is a folder where your private data is stored or will be stored.

You can create a new folder for your private data or select the existing folder.

If you leave this field blank, My Lockbox will prompt you to input the location of the protected folder later.

Important. If you are reinstalling My Lockbox, this screen will not be displayed - it will use the location from the previous installation.

You can integrate My Lockbox with Windows Explorer by adding Protect with My Lockbox command to folder context menu.

You can read the latest information (release notes) about My Lockbox from our site. To check the release notes, make sure that "Open release notes" is checked, then press Next button.

Here you should complete the installation of My Lockbox by pressing Finish button.