Knowledge BaseHow do i get a password from Remote Desktop Connection Manager
John asked 6 years ago

Forgot a password and need to extract it from Remote Desktop Connection Manager

1 Answers
Andrey Staff answered 6 years ago

Here is the script:

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# Path to RDCMan.exe
$RDCMan = “C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Remote Desktop Connection Manager\RDCMan.exe”
# Path to RDG file
$RDGFile = “$env:USERPROFILE\desktop\temp\RDP.rdg”
$TempLocation = “C:\temp”

Copy-Item $RDCMan “$TempLocation\RDCMan.dll”
Import-Module “$TempLocation\RDCMan.dll”
$EncryptionSettings = New-Object -TypeName RdcMan.EncryptionSettings

$XML = New-Object -TypeName XML
$XML.Load($RDGFile)
$logonCredentials = Select-XML -Xml $XML -XPath ‘//logonCredentials’

$Credentials = New-Object System.Collections.Arraylist
$logonCredentials | foreach {
[void]$Credentials.Add([pscustomobject]@{
Username = $_.Node.userName
Password = $(Try{[RdcMan.Encryption]::DecryptString($_.Node.password, $EncryptionSettings)}Catch{$_.Exception.InnerException.Message})
Domain = $_.Node.domain
})
} | Sort Username

$Credentials | Sort Username