Windows XP Pro SP3 (spare PC). Not encrypted.
VeraCrypt v1.19
Never had prior issues.
Copied my VeraCrypt password into the Windows clipboard.
Encrypted USB flash drive #1. During encryption pasted password from clipboard. Encryption successful.
Attempted to load encrypted USB flash drive #2 (which has worked flawlessly for ages) by pasting in the password. VeraCrypt claimed password incorrect.
Checked password in clipboard viewer. Password correct.
Loaded encrypted USB flash drive #1 by pasting in password. Loading successful.
Retried loading encrypted USB flash drive #2 by pasting in password. Loading successful.
Checked filesystem of USB flash drive #2. No problems detected.
This proves the password was correct all along.
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Did you display the password on USB # 2 to confirm the password is correct and that you did not accidently fat finger an extra character when you performed the paste?
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To be honest I did not display the password to visually confirm there was not an additional keypress, so I cannot ruleout that possibility.
I tried to replicate an additional entry but could not get Ctrl plus any nearby key to paste as well as enter something else. (Unless Ctrl being depressed on its own for a while registers as a separate key entry.)
Maybe the flash drive was near the end of its life.
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Happened again, but it could be another case of somehow pressing an additional key. But I have also noticed this...
Sometimes when pasting the password using Ctrl+V into the password box, the (lengthy) password displays as if there was a number of space characters appended to the end. In other words, the right-most password character is shown mid-field with blank spaces to the right. When I left-click inside the password box, all the characters suddenly right-justify and the 'spaces' disappear.
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Windows XP Pro SP3 (spare PC). Not encrypted.
VeraCrypt v1.19
Never had prior issues.
Copied my VeraCrypt password into the Windows clipboard.
Encrypted USB flash drive #1. During encryption pasted password from clipboard. Encryption successful.
Attempted to load encrypted USB flash drive #2 (which has worked flawlessly for ages) by pasting in the password. VeraCrypt claimed password incorrect.
Checked password in clipboard viewer. Password correct.
Loaded encrypted USB flash drive #1 by pasting in password. Loading successful.
Retried loading encrypted USB flash drive #2 by pasting in password. Loading successful.
Checked filesystem of USB flash drive #2. No problems detected.
This proves the password was correct all along.
Did you display the password on USB # 2 to confirm the password is correct and that you did not accidently fat finger an extra character when you performed the paste?
To be honest I did not display the password to visually confirm there was not an additional keypress, so I cannot ruleout that possibility.
I tried to replicate an additional entry but could not get Ctrl plus any nearby key to paste as well as enter something else. (Unless Ctrl being depressed on its own for a while registers as a separate key entry.)
Maybe the flash drive was near the end of its life.
Happened again, but it could be another case of somehow pressing an additional key. But I have also noticed this...
Sometimes when pasting the password using Ctrl+V into the password box, the (lengthy) password displays as if there was a number of space characters appended to the end. In other words, the right-most password character is shown mid-field with blank spaces to the right. When I left-click inside the password box, all the characters suddenly right-justify and the 'spaces' disappear.