<title>VeraCrypt - Free Open source disk encryption with strong security for the Paranoid</title>
<metaname="description"content="VeraCrypt is free open-source disk encryption software for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. In case an attacker forces you to reveal the password, VeraCrypt provides plausible deniability. In contrast to file encryption, data encryption performed by VeraCrypt is real-time (on-the-fly), automatic, transparent, needs very little memory, and does not involve temporary unencrypted files."/>
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<h1>VeraCrypt System Files & Application Data</h1>
<p>Note: %windir% is the main Windows installation path (e.g., C:\WINDOWS)</p>
<h4>VeraCrypt Driver</h4>
<p>%windir%\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\veracrypt.sys</p>
<p>Note: This file is not present when VeraCrypt is run in portable mode.</p>
<h4>VeraCrypt Settings, Application Data, and Other System Files</h4>
<p>WARNING: Note that VeraCrypt does <em>not</em> encrypt any of the files listed in this section (unless it encrypts the system partition/drive).<br>
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The following files are saved in the folder %APPDATA%\VeraCrypt\. In portable mode, these files are saved to the folder from which you run the file Vera<em>Crypt.exe</em> (i.e., the folder in which Vera<em>Crypt.exe</em> resides):</p>
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<li>"Configuration.xml" (the main configuration file). </li></ul>
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<li>"System Encryption.xml" (temporary configuration file used during the initial process of in-place encryption/decryption of the system partition/drive).
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<li>"Default Keyfiles.xml"
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<li>Note: This file may be absent if the corresponding VeraCrypt feature is not used.
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<li>"Favorite Volumes.xml"
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<li>Note: This file may be absent if the corresponding VeraCrypt feature is not used.
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<li>"History.xml" (the list of last twenty files/devices attempted to be mounted as VeraCrypt volumes or attempted to be used as hosts for VeraCrypt volumes; this feature can be disabled – for more information, see the section
<em>Never Save History</em>)
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<li>Note: This file may be absent if the corresponding VeraCrypt feature is not used.
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<li>"In-Place Encryption" (temporary configuration file used during the initial process of in-place encryption/decryption of a non-system volume).
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<li>"In-Place Encryption Wipe Algo" (temporary configuration file used during the initial process of in-place encryption/decryption of a non-system volume).
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<li>"Post-Install Task - Tutorial" (temporary configuration file used during the process of installation or upgrade of VeraCrypt).
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<li>"Post-Install Task - Release Notes" (temporary configuration file used during the process of installation or upgrade of VeraCrypt).
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<p>The following files are saved in the folder %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\VeraCrypt\:</p>
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<li>"Original System Loader" (a backup of the original content of the first drive track made before the VeraCrypt Boot Loader was written to it).
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<li>Note: This file is absent if the system partition/drive has not been encrypted.
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<p>The following files are saved in the folder %windir%\system32 (32-bit systems) or %windir%\SysWOW64 (64-bit systems):</p>
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<li>"VeraCrypt System Favorite Volumes.xml"
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<li>Note: This file may be absent if the corresponding VeraCrypt feature is not used.
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<li>VeraCrypt.exe
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<li>Note: A copy of this file is located in this folder only when mounting of system favorite volumes is enabled.
