Known Issues / Wish List
Known Issues
CryptoCrack works with screen resolutions up to 2560x1600 but appears to cause problems on higher resolution screens. A possible work around is to try the following:
Right click on the CryptoCrack.exe file. You'll find this located in a folder at C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Apps\2.0\<random_folder>\<random_folder>\cryp...exe_ ... Make sure you use the latest dated folder to ensure you have the current version.
Select the Properties from the menu
Click the Compatibility tab
Click the Change high DPI settings button. This will open the window shown opposite.
Select the Override high DPI scaling behavior checkbox.
Make sure Application is selected from the dropdown list.
Click OK to save the change
This has not been tested as I don't have a high resolution screen. If it doesn't work just repeat the instructions and deselect the checkbox. If it does work let me know so I can inform others.
Wish List
[New cipher type] Add a Double Columnar Transposition cipher solver. (Thanks to Seth)
[General Functionality] Enable the Cipher, Best Match and Top Matches text boxes to be resized. (Thanks to Viktor)
[General Functionality] Show top 100 solutions in Top Matches field. (Thanks to Erich)
[General Functionality] Enable a solution from the Top Matches field to be added to the Best... fields with the click of a mouse. (Thanks to Erich) Added Dec 21
[General Functionality] Allow extended character sets to be used with certain (transposition?) cipher types. (Thanks to Erich)
[Letter Order Search] Allow multiple words to be searched. (Thanks to Erich)
[Quagmires] Allow one of the keywords to be set. (Thanks to Bret)
[Playfair] Allow one or more characters in the key square to be fixed before brute forcing a solution. (Thanks to Polde)
[Patristocrat/ADFGX] Enable a user to define a 25-letter alphabet when solving for the ADFGX cipher using the Patristocrat solver to allow it to be used with a dictionary keyword search. (Thanks to DBG)
[General Functionality] Add error logging to the program. Added Dec 21.
[General Functionality] Allow spaces to be used with cipher types such as Vigenère and Playfair to help solving short ciphers.
Cypher wheel used for training by the Swiss Army. Cryptography collection of the Swiss Army headquarters, Wikimedia Commons