Encrypt or Decrypt a file with seahorse

Hi, I have an old file bank.pgp which I can't decrypt. It just says Decrypting then the bug buddy comes up. It also can't encrypt a file. It says Choose recipients, then it just does nothing. The seahorse version is 2.28.1 Mandriva 2010. I was going to try and delete the .gnupg directory. The password is the same. cheers

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asked 29 May '10, 06:05

Nigel
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You should not delete the .gnupg directory. No, you really shouldn't.

(31 May '10, 06:36) guerda

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(20 Apr '11, 13:56) rfelsburg ♦

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1	to decrypt a file use `gpg --decrypt encrypted-file.gpg --output decrypted-file.txt` before deleting the .gnupg directory remember to save your secring.gpg file! link answered 30 May '10, 23:45 LiquidPaper 121●1●3 accept rate: 0%

0	Try using plain "gpg", it's the easiest way to know the problem. link answered 29 May '10, 06:43 Web31337 317●1●11 accept rate: 11%

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