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On the General tab it is possible to set how TK8 Safe should react on basic situations.

 

"Lock to system tray" option, if checked, will minimize the program to system tray mode when you lock the file.

 

With "Minimize to system tray" option checked, the program will go to the system tray area when minimized.

 

If the option "When returning from system tray, always ask the password" is checked, then no matter if your file is currently locked or not, when you return from the system tray area, you have to know the file password in order to access the program.

 

By default, when you return from system tray area, the file locking state remains as it is. It means that when your file is locked, it stay's locked, and if it is open, you will see your entries. But if you check the option "When returning from system tray and the file is locked, ask the password", your file password is asked automatically when returning from system tray. And once entered, the lock is removed. In such case you don't have to unlock the file manually to access entries.

"Close to system tray" option prevents the program from closing when checked. Instead of closing, the program will be minimized to system tray mode. It is good in case you want to keep the file and the program open but afraid you will still close it by "accident". This option is ignored on Windows shutdown and in case you use File menu Exit command.

 

If you are using clipboard commands you might want to clear the clipboard on program exit. For this you can check the option "Clear clipboard on program exit" and it will ensure no sensitive information is left in to your clipboard after the program is closed.

 

Additionally, you can specify the period after which the clipboard is always cleared. By default your clipboard is cleared after every 5 minutes, no matter is the program used or not.

 

If you do not use the program for some time, it goes to idle mode. On going to idle mode TK8 Safe can automatically lock your file or close itself. By default the program remains idle after 5 minutes unused, but you can specify this on the current panel. Additionally, you can what the program should do once idle (by default it will lock your file).

 

If you want to restore default program settings, please click on the Default button at left bottom of the screen. That will reset the settings (applied to all Options panels).