How to Encrypt Microsoft Outlook 2003 Using TrueCrypt
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Step 5: Run the Script to Generate the Mounting Script
Before you continue, please dismount the encrypted drive by clicking on the TrueCrypt icon in your notification area and selecting Dismount All. The script will work better if the drive is not mounted.
If you have downloaded my little VBScript ZIP file from the location above, please unzip it now and save it — unzipped — to some location on your hard drive.
Please be aware that this script was written to run in Windows XP using the Windows Scripting Host. It is also designed to interact with Microsoft Outlook 2003 and TrueCrypt 4.3 or newer. It will not work with other programs!
It’s a very simple straightforward script that will first check for your Outlook.exe and TrueCrypt.exe files. If either of these have not been installed in the default locations, the script will ask you to point to their locations. Next, the script will ask you for the location of the TrueCrypt file your Outlook.pst is now stored in. It will request you to designate a drive letter for that encrypted drive. Please be sure to use the same drive letter as you did when you reconfigured Outlook to look for the moved Outlook.pst file. The script will default to O:\ .
When all this information has been given, the script will ask you where to save the startup scripts to. I would suggest just letting it put them in your My Documents subfolder or else in a folder within that subfolder. Hitting Save will cause the script to generate the necessary script to mount your Outlook drive to the requested letter and then, once it is mounted, it will run Outlook. If the drive does not mount correctly, Outlook will not start, saving you from those annoying Outlook errors.
It will also create a second script that will dismount all TrueCrypt volumes currently mounted. This is a convenience to make your shutting down TrueCrypt drives after you’ve closed down Outlook easier.
Well, that’s it. With these steps you will have successfully moved your Outlook.pst to an encrypted portion of your hard drive and will have officially joined the ranks of the somewhat-paranoid.
For the really paranoid: This will only encrypt your data when your Outlook drive is not mounted. As long as the drive is mounted the data will be visible, both to someone sitting at the computer and to anyone who has hacked into your machine. For a really encrypted system you’ll have to go with some sort of more commercial software that will actually make sure your whole operating system is encrypted and which will slow your machine down quite nicely.
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