Options - General

In the program's Options (Edit → Options or F10), the tab General allows you to change the following settings:

User interface

  • Language: You can select the language of the user interface, e.g. English, German, French, Spanish or Dutch. 
  • Theme: Pick your preferred theme: Light, Dark or System. The selected theme will be applied each time you close the options by clicking OK.

Program start

  • Start mode: From the drop-down list, define how Password Depot should be booted: in a normal window, minimized to tray, in the top bar or in the last state it was used.
  • Start in locked mode: The program is always launched in locked state so that you will have to enter the master password to unlock it from the system tray.

  • Launch application on Windows startup: Activate this option if you wish to start the program when launching Windows.

    • Delay start for: It may be helpful to delay the start of Password Depot by a certain number of seconds. For example, if your Windows needs some time before connecting to required network drives. The maximum value that can be set is 300 seconds.
  • Open last used database at program start: Activate this option to load the same database as last time when starting the program.
  • Store lists of used databases and key files: Check this option and the program will save a list of databases and key files which you have used recently. You can see your recently used files in the main menu and on the Recent tab when opening a file.
  • Restore tabs from the previous session: Check this option if you want to restore the database tabs from the previous session. 

Update settings

  • Automatic updates: Choose between three options for automatic updates – "Download updates and prompt to install", "Notify when updates are available," and "Do not check for updates automatically".
  • Interval: Choose an update interval, measured in days. You can set a maximum value of 365 days.