Manage your VIPRE SafeSend PC Add-in settings by reviewing current settings or configuring new ones.

Review current settings

The current settings can be seen in the Add-in options dialog within Outlook (File > Options > Add-ins > Add-in Options). You can also press CTRL+SHIFT+A when the SafeSend window is open.

The default settings of SafeSend are stored in HKLM/SOFTWARE/{WOW6432Node}/SafeSend, whereas the per-user settings are stored in HKCUSoftwarePoliciesSafeSend.

• List of available settings - View the Settings Index for a list of all settings and strings available within SafeSend.
  

Selecting SafeSend in the list of Add-ins and then clicking Add-in Options.. brings you to the main settings window, see below.

The main settings window can also be displayed by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+A when the SafeSend popup is open.

Click View Settings to view the current settings. This will also show if there are any settings being overridden by Group Policy.

Configure settings

The settings in SafeSend are centrally managed using Group Policy using ADMX/ADML files.

Configuring settings in Group Policy

SafeSend is supplied with ADMX/ADML files to configure settings in Group Policy

Central management of settings

All SafeSend settings are stored in the Windows registry. The default settings are included in the MSI file and are stored in HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\SafeSend.

All users who run SafeSend on the same machine will have access to those settings since the settings are stored in the HKLM (Local Machine) part of the registry. The settings architecture in SafeSend makes it possible for different users logging on to the same machine to have different behaviors of SafeSend, since settings can be controlled on a per-user basis.

To manage settings centrally, SafeSend is supplied with ADMX/ADML files that can be installed on the Domain Controller(s). It is also possible to use GPO to directly write registry values to all clients manually.

The ADMX/ADML files are typically installed on a directory similar to \\logonserver\sysvol\policies\PolicyDefinitions on the domain controller. The ADMX/ADML files describe all the SafeSend settings that can be stored in the HKCU (Current User) part of the registry.

For example, if an administrator wishes to disable the select all checkbox for all users, he/she can then enable the setting DisableSelectAll in Group Policy. The result is that the value 1 will be written to HKCU\Software\Policies\SafeSend\SS_DisableSelectAll, overriding the default value (the HKLM-value) for the specific user.

When SafeSend starts, it first tries to read the settings' value from HKCU. If it is not there, it goes to the default HKLM section. SafeSend reads the settings when it starts so Outlook will need to be restarted for a change in the settings to take effect.

However, it is also possible to configure ReadSettingsEveryXMinutes to force SafeSend to read the settings with a certain frequency.

SafeSend has a settings view where both the default values and the override values can be seen. For the example above, it is possible to see that DisableSelectAll is overridden to the value 1.

Test changes to settings

It is possible to test different settings in a live environment without having to restart Outlook.

Note: Editing these settings requires an Administrator password. Please contact VIPRE Support.

To edit and test settings live

1. Navigate to Add-in options (File > Options > Add-ins > Add-in Options)
2. Click Edit Settings