![]() ![]() Be sure to choose a unique name, as any program/script running as you shares this store and can access passwords stored in it by that name. Do note that if your laptop does not have a proper password set on it, it won't be properly encrypted against them just signing in as you and pulling all the passwords. You can access this credential store to put sensitive information in that you don't want other users to access, or someone who steals your laptop to access. They will be decrypted automatically by Windows when asked for by a program/script running under your user account, so you won't be prompted for a password to decrypt them beyond the windows logon screen you used to log in in the first place. They cannot be decrypted without your user account credentials (and will be lost if you force an account password reset with something like a recovery boot device). Windows has a built-in credential manager (check your start menu for "Credential Manager") that stores secrets encrypted by your user profile. This has been a long-standing item on my todo list, and since it seems that nobody else has piped up about it in the past ten years here we go: ![]()
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