View Encrypted Local Store

Part of AIR infrastructure is an Encrypted Local Store (ELS) which may be used by applications to store sensitive data, such as usernames and passwords. In Spaz, we have seen errors such as the following, which relate to missing or corrupted ELSs:

 Error: EncryptedLocalStore database access error
 Fri Oct 31 2008 20:39:32 GMT+0100 (W. Europe Standard Time) : loading
username
Fri Oct 31 2008 20:40:23 GMT+0100 (W. Europe Standard Time) : loading
username
Fri Oct 31 2008 20:42:05 GMT+0100 (W. Europe Standard Time) : loading
username

Both appear in the debugging log, when enabled. The second one is the same message repeating over and over, i.e. Spaz keeps trying to load the username from the ELS. It’s usually coupled with Spaz being “invisible” because it can’t get past the startup procedures.

In these cases, try removing Spaz directories from the ELS and restarting. Note: the Encrypted Local Store is used by all AIR apps, so remove only the Spaz directories.

The ELS is found in these locations:

_.Operating System	Location
Mac OSX	~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/AIR/ELS/
Windows XP	C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application |Data\Adobe\AIR\ELS
Windows Vista	???
Linux	???