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KeePass 2.21

  -  2.38 MB  -  Open Source
  • Latest Version

    KeePass 2.56

  • Operating System

    Windows (All Versions)

  • User Rating

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  • Author / Product

    Dominik Reichl / External Link

  • Filename

    KeePass-2.21-Setup.exe

  • MD5 Checksum

    1c554561a231ca80d20528e49aff9a53

Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system. Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of KeePass 2.21.


For those interested in downloading the most recent release of KeePass Password Safe or reading our review, simply click here.


All old versions distributed on our website are completely virus-free and available for download at no cost.


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What's new in this version:

New Features:
- Generic CSV importer: a group separator can be specified now (for importing group trees).
- Internal data viewer: added hex viewer mode (which is now the default for unknown data types).
- In the 'Show Entries by Tag' menu, the number of entries having a specific tag is now shown right of the tag.
- In the 'Add Tag' menu, a tag is now disabled if all selected entries already have this tag.
- Auto-Type: added support for right modifier keys.
- Added special key codes: {WIN}, {LWIN}, {RWIN}, {APPS}, {NUMPAD0} to {NUMPAD9}.
- Interleaved sending of keys is now prevented by default (if you e.g. have an auto-type sequence that triggers another auto-type, enable the new option 'Allow interleaved sending of keys' in 'Tools' -> 'Options' -> tab 'Advanced').
- Added '-auto-type-selected' command line option (other running KeePass instances perform auto-type for the currently selected entry).
- Added option to additionally show references when showing dereferenced data (enabled by default).
- The selection in a secure edit control is now preserved when unhiding and hiding the content.
- The auto-type association editing dialog now does not hang anymore when a window of any other application hangs.
- When an application switches from the secure desktop to a different desktop, KeePass now shows a warning message box; clicking [OK] switches back to the secure desktop.
- Added 'OK'/'Cancel' buttons in the icon picker dialog.
- Added support for importing LastPass 2.0.2 CSV files.
- KeePass now shows an error message when the user accidentally attempts to use a database file as key file.
- Added support for UTF-16 surrogate pairs.
- Added UTF-8 BOM support for version information files.
- The KeePass version is now also shown in the components list in the 'About' dialog.
- File operations are now context-independent (this e.g. makes it possible to use the 'Activate database' trigger action during locking).
- Plugins can now register their placeholders to be shown in the auto-type item editing dialog.
- Plugins can now subscribe to IO access events.
- Added workaround for .NET bug 694242; status dialogs now scale properly with the DPI resolution.
- Added workaround for Mono DataGridView.EditMode bug.
- Added workaround for Mono bug 586901; high Unicode characters in rich text boxes are displayed properly now.

Improvements / Changes:
- When the main window UI is being unblocked, the focus is not reset anymore, if a primary control has the focus.
- When opening the icon picker dialog, KeePass now ensures that the currently selected icon is visible.
- Internal data viewer: improved visibility updating.
- The e-mail box icon by default is not inherited by new entries anymore.
- The database is now marked as modified when auto-typing a TAN entry.
- Enhanced AnyPassword importer to additionally support CSV files exported by AnyPassword Pro 1.07.
- Enhanced Password Safe XML importer (KeePass tries to fix the broken XML files exported by Password Safe 3.29 automatically).
- IO credentials can be loaded over IPC now.
- Enhanced user switch detection.
- Even when an exception occurs, temporary files created during KDB exports are now deleted immediately.
- Improved behavior on Unix-like systems when the operating system does not grant KeePass access to the temporary directory.
- Improved critical sections that are not supposed to be re-entered by the same thread.
- Improved secure desktop name generation.
- When a dialog is closed, references within the global client image list to controls (event handlers) are removed now.
- .NET 4.5 is now preferred, if installed.
- PLGX plugins are now preferably compiled using the .NET 4.5 compiler, if KeePass is currently running under the 4.5 CLR.
- Updated KB links.
- Changed naming of translation files.
- The installer now always overwrites the KeePassLibC 1.x support libraries.
- Upgraded installer.
- Various code optimizations.
- Minor other improvements.

Bugfixes:
- When locking multiple databases and cancelling a 'Save Changes?' dialog, the UI is now updated correctly.
- '&' characters in dynamic menu texts, in dialog banner texts, in image combobox texts, in text box prompts and in tooltips are now displayed properly.

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