How do I use gpg to decrypt encrypted files????

[David Shaw]

On Sep 9, 2009, at 5:07 PM, BosseB wrote:

> I have a number of encrypted files, which I need to decrypt. I have
> installed GPG 1.4.9 on my Windows XP-Pro SP3 PC. I have the necessary
> keyrings and they work with Thunderbird and Enigmail.
>
> But as I said I need to decrypt files that are on my hard disk, not in
> an email....
>
> I tried this command in a command window:
> gpg -d <asc filename>
> I got a prompt for my passphrase and as soon as I entered this the
> window filled with large amounts of strange characters and the PC
> speaker started to beep and never would stop.
> I finally had to use ProcessExplorer and kill the cmd process to get
> silence. :-(

Take away the "-d".  Just plain "gpg my-file-to-decrypt.asc" will do  
what you want, and save the result in "my-file-to-decrypt" (it removes  
the ".asc").  If you want to control the name that the file is saved  
under, do:

   gpg -o file-to-save-the-decrypted-data-in my-file-to-decrypt.asc

> What is the correct procedure to decrypt a file thta has been
> encrypted with my public key?
> And is there no way to use some kind of GUI tool to do this so the
> masses of option codes are automatically used?

http://www.gpg4win.org/

David