This version, which is called Passwords Plus CS, has a "cloud sync" feature that will allow you to synchronize its database between multiple systems using a third-party server. However, if you wish to share the database between multiple systems on a LAN using a shared folder on one of your own systems, you can do so by editing registry keys on each of the systems that will access the shared folder after setting up Passwords Plus on each of those systems.
When you install
Passwords Plus CS on a system, registry keys are created under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DataViz\PasswordsPlusCS for the user
account under which you will be using Passwords Plus.
You can change the value for DaggerFolder to point to a
shared network location where you will store Passwords Plus databases.
The default location when you install the software
is C:\Users\account_name\Documents\Passwords Plus CS,
where account_name is the account from which you are running the
program. If, I instead wanted to store the passwords on a shared folder on
a system named PC1 with a shared folder named Shared
within a directory called Passwords, I could put the
network location \\PC1\Shared\Passwords in the DaggerFolder
field.
You will also find a
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DataViz\PasswordsPlusCS\Users
registry key. Beneath that you will find a list of "users", i.e., individual
databases, if you create more than one Passwords Plus database. The one that
is put there by default is named default.
If you have an existing database on a shared network folder, such
as a database from a prior 1.x version of Passwords Plus, you can
rename the default key under users to the name
associated with that database and then change the value of DBPath
to point to the relevant password database file. The default value is
C:\Users\account_name\Documents\Passwords Plus CS\defaultPassPlusDB.PDB, where account_name is the account name under which you
are logged into the Windows system and running Passwords Plus.
You can change the value using the Windows registry editor, e.g.
it could be changed to
\\PC1\shared\Passwords\JDoe\PassPlusDB.PDB, if the database
was located on a system named PC1 with a shared folder
named shared and the directory Passwords\JDoe
holding the Passwords Plus database named PassPlusDB.PDB.
If you want to change the name under Users in the registry
from default to something else, simply right-click on
Users and choose Rename. Note: if you put in an incorrect
value for DBPath, when you put in the password to access the
password database, the program will indicate you've entered an
incorrect password rather than telling you the path is wrong.
If you want to be able to have multiple Passwords Plus databases,
ensure Passwords Plus is not running, then
right-click on the default key or whatever you've changed the name
to in the left-hand pane of the registry window, and choose Export.
Save the registry file, which you can name default.reg,
jdoe.reg or whatever you like. Then edit the file with
an editor, such as Windows Notepad. Change any reference to the username
of the first database to whatever name you wish to associate with the new
database, then save the registry file. A Registry Editor window
will open warning you that "Adding information can unintentionally change
or delete values and cause components to stop working correctly." Answer "yes"
to the "Are you sure you want to continue?" question.
When you then open Passwords Plus you will be prompted to select a user name and provide a password associated with the database for that user name rather than simply be prompted to enter a password. If a database from a 1.x version is opened, be patient the first time you open it as it may take a minute to convert it to the new format. Once you convert the database to the new format, you will not be able to open the database with Passwords Plus 1.x; it will crash when it starts and attempts to open the file.
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Created: Saturday September 8, 2012