Unable to retrieve encryption information

This error message appears when Remote Desktop Manager's configuration files cannot be loaded successfully: Failed to load sensitive options, attempting to recover from backup.

This is caused by deleting or replacing Remote Desktop Manager's main configuration file (RemoteDesktopManager.cfg) without also deleting or replacing the encryption files tied to it.

Clicking Ok prompts Remote Desktop Manager to duplicate the backup encoding file (RemoteDesktopManager.enb). If the backup cannot be loaded or does not exist, one of following two prompts appears to further detail the error:

Failed to load encryption information.
Would you like to regenerate it?

Be aware, this action will reset the data source configuration and its associated settings.
This problem frequently occurs when the application's configuration file is deleted or replaced, without addressing other related encryption files (.stb, .stv, .enc, .enb).

Failed to load sensitive options.
Would you like to regenerate sensitive options?

Be aware, this action will reset the data source configuration and its associated settings.
This problem frequently occurs when the application's configuration file is deleted or replaced, without addressing other related encryption files (.stb, .stv, .enc, .enb).

Note that choosing Yes here recreates the encoding file and its encryption keys. This effectively prevents the decryption of previously configured sensitive options like workspaces configuration, rendering them unusable.

Solution

When deleting RemoteDesktopManager.cfg, make sure to also remove to following files (located in C:\Users\unsername\AppData\Local\Devolutions\RemoteDesktopManager):

RemoteDesktopManager.stv
RemoteDesktopManager.stb
RemoteDesktopManager.enc
RemoteDesktopManager.enb
RemoteDesktopManager.bak

When replacing RemoteDesktopManager.cfg, also replace the encryption files. Remote Desktop Manager's Export Setting option ensures that all files related to encryption are included in the exported CFG file, eliminating the need move them manually. This option is located in File – Settings – Export Settings.