mozketo / sdfencryptor

SDF Encryptor

What is this project?

This is a simple project to help changing a SQL Server CE 4.0 database password from empty -> password, password -> new-password, password -> no password.

Required

Install SQL Server Compact 4.0 via Microsoft Web Platform Installer SP1

Usage

After cloning the source and building let's leverage the command-line.

// The simplest way to start the SDF Encryptor is like SdfEncryptor.exe [filename] [new-password] [old-password]
// In the example below we'll take a database that doesn't have a password configured and set a new password.
// If the last parameter is empty we'll assume it's a blank password.
$ SdfEncryptor.exe file.sdf StrongPassword

// In the example below we'll change the password from an old password to a new password.
$ SdfEncryptor.exe file.sdf new-password old-password

// And lastly it's possible to remove a password from an SDF DB like this:
// Note: the word _empty_ will be treated as a blank string "".
$ SdfEncryptor.exe file.sdf empty old-password