Tips to set an encryption password for NotePad files

For many people NotePad is still the fastest and most effective note-taking software, but it does not have the option to set a password to protect data. This article will guide you to use Crypto NotePad as an alternative with more security functions.

1. How to set password and encrypt NotePad files

Step 1: Go to the homepage of Crypto NotePad and click Download to download the software to your computer. This is Portable software, so you don't need to install it, click it and you can use it immediately.

Step 2: At the main interface of Crypto NotePad, enter the data on NotePad here.

If NotePad has data available, press Ctrl + A to highlight all and press Ctrl + C / Ctrl + V to copy and paste into Crypto NotePad.

Step 2: Once you have the necessary data, select Tools => Password Generator to open the random password generation window.

Step 3: In the random password generator window, you will have a lot of options as follows:

1. Password length: Password length
2. Number of strings: Number of passwords you want to create
3. Use character: The characters you want to use

Once set up, click Generate to generate a random password.

Step 4: Once you have the password, click Copy last to copy the last password.

Step 5: To create a password, you will have to save the file and choose File => Save As.

Step 6: When saving files with Crypto NotePad, you will have two main formats.

1. Crypto Notepad (*.cnp)
2. Normal text file (*.txt)

You can choose one of two formats, the encoding mode is equivalent and has the same effect.

Step 7: When finished, select Save to save.

Step 8: On the main interface of the software will appear a request to encrypt the file. If you want to encrypt and set a password, select Yes.

Step 9: Now, you just need to press Ctrl + V to paste the randomly generated password on the system into the window. In addition, you can also set other passwords as you like.

When finished, click OK to finish.

2. How to Open the NotePad Encrypted File

Once the NotePad files are encrypted, the only way is to use Crypto NotePad to decrypt them. Otherwise, you cannot view the contents inside.

Step 1: Drag the encrypted NotePad file into the Crypto NotePad software.

Step 2: Then, enter the password for the encrypted NotePad file to decrypt.

Here is the comparison between the encrypted NotePad file 'undecrypted' and 'decrypted'.

In this article, Tipsmake showed you how to encrypt NotePad files and set a password for them. Have a nice day!

Samuel Daniel

Update 23 December 2021