If you need your passwords to be safe you’ll need a safe. That’s what Password Safe is all about.

Password Safe is a password database utility where users can keep their passwords securely encrypted on their computers. The cool thing about this very useful tool is that just a single Safe Combination unlocks all your passwords so you don’t have to cram different combinations for different passwords.

The latest version which was just recently released has these changes:

• Password expiration notice can now be given a few days prior to actual expiration
• Exported/imported text format is now documented in online help
• Default Autotype string can be specified per database
• PWS may configured not to minimize during Autotype (Manage->Options->Misc). ‘Always on Top’ takes precedence
• If the PWS_PREFSDIR environment variable is defined, that’s where the pwsafe.cfg file will be read from, instead of the same directory as the executable
• List view columns now selectable, entries sortable by any column,
• Tree view may be configured to show all groups first, instead of strict alphabetic order
• Fixed: No longer crashes after you specify to remember 0 databases
• Fixed: to close application now works
• Fixed: Merge operation now fixed
• Fixed: Similar problem in Compare operation fixed
• Fixed: Autotype menu & shortcut no longer disabled if field is empty
• Fixed: Text in Password field no longer truncated with large texts
• Fixed: Menu display no longer trashed if accelerator pressed with an open menu
• Fixed: Autotype now works again for all entries
• Fixed: Right-click->unlock on system tray icon now same as double-clicking on locked system tray icon

And lots more.

Want to try it out, it will cost you nothing, it’s open source so you don’t have to pay a dime not just to use it but to even modify it to suit your needs.

Go to https://sourceforge.net/projects/passwordsafe to see for yourself if it’s what you need.

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