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Installation of Gpg4win

This tutorial was tested with Gpg4win 4.0.3. For newer versions should be the same just exchange 4.0.3 with the most current version.

Download Gpg4win

• Visit https://gpg4win.org/get-gpg4win.html
• We assume that you already paid voluntarily for Gpg4win and skip the part. Thanks for your support of Gpg4win and the work behind Gpg4win like these tutorials.
• Click on the button $0

• Click on the button Download to start the download.

Install Gpg4win

• Open the file gpg4win-4.0.3 (or gpg4win-4.0.3.exe)
• TODO check the integrity
• After some time a small window appears where you select your preferred language and click on OK
  
  
  
  
  
• Click on Next >
  
  
  
  
  
• In the next window you may select components that will be installed. For most users it is not necessary to change this selection so just click on Next >.
  
  
  
  
  
• Now you can select where Windows will install Gpg4win. Again, for most users it is okay to let this setting as it is. Click on Next >.
  
  
  
  
  
• In the next window wait for the progress bar until it shows that the installation is complete. Click on Next >.
  
  
  
  
  
• Click on Finish to close the installation window.
  
  
  
  
  

Now you are ready to use Gpg4win

If you followed the tutorial without any modification you should now be able to see a shortcut for Kleopatra on your Desktop. Kleopatra is the tool you can use to manage keys for encryption to encrypt and decrypt files and to do other stuff.