Folks,

Over the weekend, I updated the AES Crypt code for windows. I did several things:

. Created a native Windows console application that is not dependent on cygwin (this is just a modified version of the Linux code)

. Updated the icons used in all version

. Included the console application with both the 32-bit and 64-bit builds

. Corrected the installation directory used in the 64-bit version posted previously (the 64-bit code was installing in the 32-bit directory)

. Revised the version number to be 3.06

As a part of the revision to the icon, I tried (without success) to implement context-menu icon that is transparent. Apparently, I did not properly create device contexts, perform a TransparentBlt() correctly, or something: all I got was a black square. So, the icon is left as a bitmap as before with a white background.

If you of you know how to improve this, I'd welcome the input :-)

Paul

PS - I only tested the new console application just a little. It did seem to encode and decode both text and binary files properly, but I will not swear that it's entirely error-free. If you wish to tinker with it, by all means do. All of the source code is online.