I wanna use Delta Chat on my companies Win computer(s) beside my private Linux ones. But I wanna secure my data on a separate Veracrypt drive/directory. Mind I don’t have an Android or iOS smartphone. I usually work with real computers.
How can I install Delta Chat on a Windows system the way that it stores all sensible information (profiles, …) in a directory on the Veracrypt drive (V:\…)?
Sorry if I missed anything. I search the FAQ and discussions but didn’t find this information. Thanks.
One easy way is to use the “portable” version from https://delta.chat/download. It stores the data right beside the executable. Otherwise I’m not sure.
Thanks. Found it. Although a bit hidden under “Downloads ohne automatische Updates” and marked as experimental (“Get portable version (experimental)”).
Guess ‘experimental’ because portable build. But I can trust in security and data safety, right?
Btw. I finally managed to setup my own Delta.Chat server on one of my Debian boxes. Hurray
AFAIK there are multiple types of file (and directory) links available in Windows, like symbolic links in Linux. Search e.g. for ‘junction link’. Maybe you can move DC data dir to your (encrypted) V:, and create the link with the same name pointing to new location.
I’ve now running the portable version. But it seems there are still a lot of DeltaChat files created under %user%\AppData\Rooming and %user%\AppData\Local\temp.
Have to learn about these ‘junction links’ now. Guess \AppData\Rooming\DeltaChat is the only directory with the private stuff, correct?