Recover Wifi Password In Windows With Wifi Password Decryptor

Recover WiFi Password

Our Windows operating system uses its built-in ‘Wireless Configuration Manager‘ which helps in managing your Wireless connections. Depending upon the operating system Wireless Configuration Manager uses different techniques and different locations to save the WiFi passwords. According to an article by securityxploded.com the location for Windows XP or Server 2003, you’ll find the password in the following location. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WZCSVC\Parameters\Interfaces{xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx} Each GUID represents different wireless devices and is stored under a value called ActiveSettings. Windows used its own technology called Windows Cryptography for encryption. And for Windows 10/8/7/Vista, you’ll find the configuration below: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Wlansvc\Profiles\Interfaces{xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}{Random-GUID}.xml Yes, instead of the registry ‘Wireless Configuration Manager’, uses an XML file instead of the registry key.

WiFi Password Dump

WiFi Password Dump is a simple command-line utility that will decrypt the encrypted password saved by Wireless Configuration Manager from the mentioned locations. It’s very simple and easy-to-use application.

Search for this tool on securityxploded.com.Extract the files and run the installIt will download some components of the Internet (Remember it will also prompt to install some Registry Cleaner, Free Proxy etc. You can click on Decline to cancel it)Once the install is complete, run the fileYou’ll get the command prompt with the passwords like the screenshot above.

WiFi Password Decryptor

If you want a GUI version instead of this command-line version, you can download WiFi Password Decryptor from the same developers. It does the exact same thing as WiFi Password Dump, but it will have a neat GUI screen.

Here you find all the list of passwords saved by your Wireless Configuration Manager on your Windows. Just right-click, and click on Copy to get the password. You can even export to an HTML, Text, or XML format. Remember it will only recover the password if you have already saved the password in Windows. If you forgot the WiFi password even before entering it in Windows, then you may need to find other tools that will recover the password from directly from your router. You can search for this tool from https://securityxploded.com/wifi-password-decryptor.php. I guess this tool will help users who use Laptops in different locations. Let us know your feedback about this tool. This post will show you how to find WiFi password in Windows via Control Panel or CMD.