Several different private keys for different usage are stored. First one in GPA list is used as defauklt key.
How to set a key a default key for signing?
In GPA backend settings ‘default-key’ is set.
gpg.conf and gpa.conf are showing under ‘default-key’ the correct one.
BUT:
If right click signing in file manager, another key ist offered as default key!?
Win7prof-64, Gpg4Win-Light 2.2.1
I’m using Win7-64bit with Gpg4win 2.2.0 ( I haven’t yet got around to the upgrade.)
I set the default-key in Kleopatra and then GPA displays the same setting (not surprising). When I do a right click signing in file manager, it’s a Kleopatra dialogue box which is displayed and the correct default-key is offered as first choice. I do not find the problem you list.
I remember in a previous thread that you were having problems with Kleopatra and wanted to be able to select GPA for GpgEx file manager operations. Did you make any change in this area ?
Thanks for reply. Currently I do not have Kleopatra installed because of some issues, only light version 2.2.1 with GPA is installed on Win7prof-64b.
So setting the default key in Kleopatra isn’t possible for me…
Other thread: Sorry, I did not find any solution for switching between Kleopatra <=> GPA for usage with GpgEx. (Because of this I am using the GPG4Win-Light version, so GpgEx uses GPA…)
You can add a line to the GPG config file to tell it which key you want to be the default.
The default path is: C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Roaming\gnupg
Open this file with a text editor (such as Notepad). You will see the following text:
###++±-- GPGConf —+++###
utf8-strings
auto-key-locate local
keyserver hkp://pgp.mit.edu
###++±-- GPGConf —+++### 09/09/13 14:14:26 Eastern Daylight Time
Right under that you can add this line:
default-key [your key ID]
Of course, you will want to replace [your key ID] with the actual ID of the key you want to use as the default. Save and close and that’s it!
Regards,
Sean
It did work, thank you!