Settings
On this page you will find an overview of all options from the settings dialog of the PasswordGenerator with an explanation of the respective function. You reach the dialog described here via the "Settings" menu. An explanation of the functions of other program parts of the PasswordGenerator can be found in the function overview.
- General > Character Classes > Uppercase Letters: With this field the characters of the character class "uppercase letters" can be defined. If you have activated the "uppercase letters" option in the main window, the characters defined here will be used for your password. By default, the characters A to Z are used as uppercase letters. You can remove or add any characters you want. Also Unicode characters.
- General > Character Classes > Lowercase Letters: With this field the characters of the character class "lowercase letters" can be defined. If you have activated the "lowercase letters" option in the main window, the characters defined here will be used for your password. By default, the characters a to z are used as lowercase letters. You can remove or add any characters you want. Also Unicode characters.
- General > Character Classes > Digits: With this field the characters of the character class "digits" can be defined. If you have activated the "digits" option in the main window, the characters defined here will be used for your password. By default, the characters 0 to 9 are used as digits. You can remove or add any characters you want. Also Unicode characters.
- General > Character Classes > Special Characters: With this field the characters of the character class "special characters" can be defined. If you have activated the option "special characters" in the main window, the characters defined here will be used for your password. By default, the characters "! ? . : , _ ( ) { } [ ] / \ % @ # $ ~ - +" are used as special characters. You can remove or add any characters you want. Also Unicode characters.
- General > Options > Passwords must contain at least one Character of each selected Character Class: If this option is enabled, passwords will be created containing at least one character from each selected character class. If this option is not active, randomness may cause that not all character classes occur in a created password. If you create passwords shorter than the number of selected character classes, this option is automatically disabled because the passwords must be at least long enough for each of the character classes with at least one character to appear in the password.
- General > Options > Exclude similar looking Characters: If this option is enabled, the similar-looking characters O, 0, 1, I and l are excluded from the generation of passwords, regardless of whether these characters have been defined in the character classes or not. With this option, it is thus possible to quickly exclude the corresponding characters without changing the character classes.
- General > Options > Create new Password when clicking on "Clipboard": If this option is activated, a new password is automatically created each time the "Clipboard" button in the main window is clicked and this password is copied to the clipboard. This allows you to create a new password with just one click as well as to copy this password to the clipboard. If this option is deactivated, the currently displayed password is copied to the clipboard when clicking on the "Clipboard" button.
- General > Options > Save created passwords in the History: If this option is activated, all created passwords are saved in the history, which can be accessed via the menu "File" > "History". More information can be found on the page about the History function.
- System Integration: Here you can find some settings for linking files with the PasswordGenerator or for configuring the Auto Start settings. You can find more information about that in the help section about System Integration.
- Language (Menu "Language Settings"): Here you can change the language of the application. With the button "Save language" you can save your chosen language, otherwise the program will start if possible with the language of your operating system. More information about the language settings of the PasswordGenerator can be found here. If the PasswordGenerator has not yet been translated into your preferred language, you are welcome to help with the translation.
- Save (Menu "Save or Load Settings"): Here you can find ways to save the current settings, to set startup preferences, or to create profiles for settings. You will also find the storage options here and you can delete existing saved settings. More information and a description of the functions can be found on the page about saving settings.