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WARNING: If password caching is enabled, the password cache also contains the 
processed contents of keyfiles used to successfully mount a volume. Then it is possible to 
remount the volume even if the keyfile is not available/accessible. To prevent this, click ‘
Wipe 
Cache
’
or disable password caching (for more information, please see the section 
Settings -> 
Preferences,
 subsection
Cache passwords in driver memory). 
See also the section 
Choosing Passwords and Keyfiles
 in the chapter 
Security Requirements and 
Precautions
.
Keyfiles Dialog Window 
If you want to use keyfiles (i.e. “apply” them) when creating or mounting volumes, or changing 
passwords, look for the ‘
Use keyfiles
’
 
option and the 
Keyfiles 
button below a password input field.
*
However, if you use an MP3 file as a keyfile, you must ensure that no program modifies the ID3 tags (e.g. song title, 
name of artist, etc.) within the MP3 file. Otherwise, it will be impossible to mount volumes that use the keyfile. 

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These control elements appear in various dialog windows and always have the same functions. 
Check the 
Use keyfiles 
option and click 
Keyfiles. 
The keyfile dialog window should appear where 
you can specify keyfiles (to do so, click 
Add Files
or 
Add Token Files
)
 or
keyfile search paths (click 
Add Path
). 
Security Tokens and Smart Cards 
TrueCrypt can directly use keyfiles stored on a security token or smart card that complies with the 
PKCS #11 (2.0 or later) standard [23] and that allows the user to store a file (data object) on the 
token/card. To use such files as TrueCrypt keyfiles, click 
Add Token Files
(in the keyfile dialog 
window).
Access to a keyfile stored on a security token or smart card is typically protected by PIN codes, 
which can be entered either using a hardware PIN pad or via the TrueCrypt GUI. It can also be 
protected by other means, such as fingerprint readers. 
In order to allow TrueCrypt to access a security token or smart card, you need to install a 
PKCS #11 (2.0 or later) software library for the token or smart card first. Such a library may be 
supplied with the device or it may be available for download from the website of the vendor or other 
third parties. 
If your security token or smart card does not contain any file (data object) that you could use as a 
TrueCrypt keyfile, you can use TrueCrypt to import any file to the token or smart card (if it is 
supported by the device). To do so, follow these steps:
1. In the keyfile dialog window, click 
Add Token Files
.
2. If the token or smart card is protected by a PIN, password, or other means (such as a 
fingerprint reader), authenticate yourself (for example, by entering the PIN using a 
hardware PIN pad).
3. The ‘Security Token Keyfile’ dialog window should appear. In it, click 
Import Keyfile to 
Token
and then select the file you want to import to the token or smart card.
Note that you can import for example 512-bit keyfiles with random content generated by TrueCrypt 
(see 
Tools -> Keyfile Generator
 below).
To close all opened security token sessions, either select 
Tools 
> 
Close All Security Token 
Sessions
or define and use a hotkey combination (
Settings
> 
Hot Keys
> 
Close All Security Token 
Sessions
). 

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