Changeeripw
Changeeripw
This utility allows you to change the password used to protect the contents of a single ERI file or batch convert multiple ERI files. This may be useful in an emergency in which you must give ERI files to a third party, for the purpose of data recovery, without compromising the original ERI password.
To keep your current ERI files, duplicate the files to a new directory in readiness for conversion. The ChangeERIPW utility does not duplicate the files for you – it simply changes the password used to access the same file.
Follow these steps to open the utility and change the password used to protect one or more ERI files:
- Open the Helper Applications directory in the download package. The directory contains the helper application Changeeripw.exe.
- Double-click the file.
- The following dialog opens:
The following options are available:
| Option | Details |
|---|---|
|
Select a single ERI files |
Choose this option to convert a single ERI file. |
|
Select multi ERI files |
Choose this option to batch convert multiple ERI files. |
|
Input password (area) |
Password input fields for the old and new passwords. |
|
Activity Log (tab) |
This tab displays the progress of the ERI conversion. |
- Choose whether you want to convert a single or multiple ERI files by clicking the appropriate option.
- Click Browse.
- The file browser appears.
- Select either a single file or the directory of files and click Open. The path should now be visible in the main window.
- Only ERI files that have the same “old” password can be successfully batch converted. Don’t forget that this utility tries to open each file using the same password.
- Enter the current ERI password in the field Old Password, as well as the new password in New password and Confirm password.
- Only the English keyboard layout is supported in the recovery application, that is why please enter the password, which contains no symbols from other languages.
- Click Convert.
- The window will automatically switch to the Activity Log tab and display the status of the conversion. The Activity Log area displays how many of the files have successfully been converted.
- Click Close to close the application.