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A password vault is a program that stores encrypted passwords that can be accessed using a master password. Also known as a password manager.

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Best practice for saving sensitive data in Windows 8

What's the best way of saving sensitive data to a local file in Windows 8? I'm developing a C# application that needs to store oAuth tokens/passwords. I've heard it was common in .NET to encrypt/decrypt data, but I don't have any experience with…
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PasswordVault security when used from Desktop app

I'd like to use Windows.Security.Credentials.PasswordVault in my desktop app (WPF-based) to securely store a user's password. I managed to access this Windows 10 API using this MSDN article. I did some experiments and it appears that any data…
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Store passwords securely in Windows

Currently, I'm storing my usernames & passwords in a SQL Server CE database. I would like to use some Windows API in order to securely store my user passwords, so that no other application running on the machine could read them. I'm supporting…
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How to access the stored credentials (PasswordVault?) on Win7 and Win8?

I just discovered that Win8 has a section on the Control Panel called User Accounts and Family Safely with Credential Manager. I'd like to access the credentials stored in there (not to retrieve the passwords but to use them as tokens for a login).…
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Check if PasswordVault/credential manager has app data at load

Hey I'm using PasswordVault for storing user credentials in my windows 8 app. What I want the app to do on loading is check to see if the PasswordVault/credential manager already has a stored value for my app. if it don't don't I want it to stay on…
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What's the difference between the Password Vault and the Credential Manager in Windows 8?

I'm using the CredentialPicker class in order to present a familiar UI. This, as expected, stores a credential in the Credential Manager of Windows. EDIT: sample code here However, the recommended way to store username/passwords seems to be the…
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How to automate the Lastpass CLI login process

I was wondering if anyone successfully automated the LastPass CLI login process. I cannot seem to get around the password prompt, which I need to automate to make it useful. I've tried commands like echo | lpass login or yes…
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Can I prevent roaming of PasswordCredential stored in PasswordVault?

In my application, I'd like to store the user credentials using the PasswordVault class, since it's the recommended way to do it. However, I realized that the credentials stored with this method are synchronized with the user's Microsoft account,…
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How does PasswordVault protect passwords?

I have been experimenting with Windows.Security.Credentials.PasswordVault as a way of storing my applications' passwords. Reading the class documentation and the UWP documentation, I assumed the vault has some method of identifying applications, so…
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Reference to [Windows.Security.Credentials.PasswordCredential] in PowerShell 7

I want to port an existing PowerShell script written in PowerShell 5.1 to PowerShell 7.1. However it seems I can't create objects of type [Windows.Security.Credentials.PasswordCredential] as the type can not be found. Having a look at the registry…
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How to fix an empty variable

I am making a password vault for a school project and I am trying to compare the "masterPassword" with the "enteredPassword" but whenever I test the "enteredPassword" it returns as a null variable. How do I fix that? I have tried commenting out the…
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Unable to retrieve the stored password from password vault

I have a UWP application that will get the username and password from the user and store it in the password vault. I am able to get the password from vault within the application. But, when I was trying to fetch the password through background task…
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Access to PasswordVault fails for user account delegation

We are porting a Windows Phone 8.1 app to UWP. In the original app we used PasswordVault (Windows.Security.Credentials) to store user credentials and everything just worked fine. After the porting every operation related to PasswordVault throws…
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Can I add custom properties to PasswordCredential.Properties?

In WinRT API there is Windows.Security.Credentials namespace which contains the PasswordCredential class. Using it we can encrypt sensitive data like user names and passwords but the class itself has a property named "Properties" which looks to me…
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how to create account for application in cyberark password vault

i am new to Cyber-Ark password vault and my try is to integrate artifactory with cyber-ark for some generic accounts whose passwords should be stored in the vault. may i know the exact proess to get it created. We have one safe and i tried to create…
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