Recover OpenVPN Saved Password

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krrish389
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Recover OpenVPN Saved Password

Post by krrish389 » Mon Oct 22, 2018 3:53 am

Hi

I am changing a users laptop and they have saved their username and passowrd in the OpenVPN GUI. Naturally they don't know their password because they entered them a while back and click "save password". Is there anyway to recover these details so that I can migrate them to the new laptop without having to get the VPN account reset (which would be quite a lot more difficult that it should be!).

Both laptops are Windows 10.

I have copied the .ovpn, p12 and .key files over but the GUI still prompts for the username and password. There is no password text file inside the config directory (under OpenVPN under Program Files).

I've search the registry too but couldn't find the info there.

EDIT: To be clear I don't actually need to "recover" the password. If it is encrypted in a registry key for example, that is fine, I could export the key from the old laptop and import it on the new one. I need to find a way to copy the details from laptop1 to laptop2.

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Re: Recover OpenVPN Saved Password

Post by TinCanTech » Mon Oct 22, 2018 11:29 am


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Re: Recover OpenVPN Saved Password

Post by SpiderPOH » Wed Apr 13, 2022 7:59 pm

This Hack will not Work
i have Windows 11 and OpenVPN Connect installed and saved all passwords on my home computer but now i have become a laptop and need the passwords for my openVPN

the path "HKCU:\Software\OpenVPN-GUI\configs" will not exist under Windows 11

What can i do to become this passwords ?

Greets

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Re: Recover OpenVPN Saved Password

Post by TinCanTech » Wed Apr 13, 2022 11:13 pm

OpenVPN-GUI is not OpenVPN-Connect

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Re: Recover OpenVPN Saved Password

Post by SpiderPOH » Tue Aug 30, 2022 9:35 am

Whoww..... REALLY

and NOW ??
this is not an answer of my question !!!

How can i recover my password ??
Why have this program not a function to display the passwords ???

My Laptop will work but i have saved the password 8 Month ago !!
And now i need it for an other PC !
i have import the .ovpn File, but i need this "f..king" password ! :evil:

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Re: Recover OpenVPN Saved Password

Post by openvpn_inc » Fri Sep 16, 2022 12:10 pm

Hello SpiderPOH,

I suggest you contact the server administrator for a password reset. That is the correct method of dealing with this problem.

Kind regards,
Johan
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