Erik Martinson wrote: > I have used GPG for years in a automated environment and I now need to > upgrade the installed version of GPG from 1.0.6-2 to current. > > I have tried to copy the new .exe and .dll files in the folder and I loose my > keys. I have figured out that my homedir is "HOME: C:/gnupg" for the old > version > and the new version uses the windows/user folders. I searched the net can can > not find a command to update/change the default folder. Please advise.
There are several mechanisms possible:
1) add --homedir=C:\gnupg to the command line
or
2) Set the environment variable GNUPGHOME
or
3) Edit the registry. Depending on your needs edit the value of
\Software\GNU\GNUPG:HomeDir in HKCU, HKLM, and/or HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT
Optionally, it may work for you to delete the value. See below.
or
4) Move the files
+++++++++++++++++++++
From the entry for GnuPG 1.4.1 in NEWS.txt (installed in the Doc directory
within the program installation, default: C:\Program Files\GNU\GnuPG\Doc.)
* [W32] The algorithm for the default home directory changed:
First we look at the environment variable GNUPGHOME, if this one
is not set, we check whether the registry entry
{HKCU,HKLM}\Software\GNU\GnuPG:HomeDir has been set. If this
fails we use a GnuPG directory below the standard application
data directory (APPDATA) of the current user. Only in the case
that this directory cannot be determined, the old default of
c:\gnupg will be used. The option --homedir still overrides all
of them.
Other files of particular interest in the Doc directory are gpg.man and
README-W32.txt.
If you wish to discuss which option would be best, let me know via pvt mail.
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