Noonmid27 Posted October 14, 2009 Posted October 14, 2009 Hi guysI am trying to recover a windows messenger password........I googled and found out that it is stored in the credential file on XP systems. The problem i am having is that i can't seem to find this file on my computer. Can somebody tell me where to locate this file. Quote
striker Posted October 14, 2009 Posted October 14, 2009 Hi guysI am trying to recover a windows messenger password........I googled and found out that it is stored in the credential file on XP systems. The problem i am having is that i can't seem to find this file on my computer. Can somebody tell me where to locate this file.nirsoft has a wonderful little gem for it... Quote
zlim Posted October 14, 2009 Posted October 14, 2009 Source: http://www.nirsoft.net/articles/saved_password_location.htmlcredential file is mentioned in the top paragraph but that is not what you want.Scroll down to where you see the Messenger information. Quote
Noonmid27 Posted October 15, 2009 Author Posted October 15, 2009 Source: http://www.nirsoft.net/articles/saved_password_location.htmlcredential file is mentioned in the top paragraph but that is not what you want.Scroll down to where you see the Messenger information.Well i did check that site i actually have it bookmarked i just dont know how to get to that on my OS. Can somebody give me the path. Quote
goretsky Posted October 15, 2009 Posted October 15, 2009 Hello,Perhaps you could use NirSoft's MessenPass utility to display the password.Regards,Aryeh Goretsky Quote
zlim Posted October 15, 2009 Posted October 15, 2009 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\IdentityCRL\Creds\[Account Name]Click start, then Run and type in regedit.Look for HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software and expand until you see Microsoft, then expand until you see IdentityCRL (i don't have this simply because I've never used Messenger).I guess you expand IdentityCRL. If there is no way to expand, then highlight it and look in the right pane for Creds and see if Messenger is listed. Quote
Noonmid27 Posted October 16, 2009 Author Posted October 16, 2009 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\IdentityCRL\Creds\[Account Name]Click start, then Run and type in regedit.Look for HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software and expand until you see Microsoft, then expand until you see IdentityCRL (i don't have this simply because I've never used Messenger).I guess you expand IdentityCRL. If there is no way to expand, then highlight it and look in the right pane for Creds and see if Messenger is listed.Thx that was what i was looking for........much appreciated as always Quote
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