ExtPassword is a portable Nirsoft application designed to retrieve passwords of Windows and applications that run on Windows. It is mainly designed for resetting passwords access from external drives or USB devices.
The ExtPassword portable application is compatible with all versions of Windows (from Windows XP to Windows 11). The program can recover too many passwords from Windows and some other programs:
- Windows credentials, and remote computer passwords.
- Security questions and answers for Windows 10 and 11.
- Microsoft Account Cache File.
- Passwords from browsers (Chrome, Chromium, Firefox, Brave, Vivaldi, Microsoft Edge, Opera and Internet Explorer).
- Dialup and VPN passwords.
- Passwords from email clients (Outlook, Thunderbird and Windows Mail App on Windows 10 and 11).
- Keys wirelessnetwork.
- DPAPI passwords in Windows 10.
To retrieve the passwords you are interested in, you need to download the application from the Nirsoft website, extract the content and run it with administrator privileges.
Windows will show you a warning SmartScreen. The program is not malicious and you can run it without fear.
The application displays a settings window at startup. Select the disk you want to scan.
Η export of the codes will take at least one or two seconds. The data is displayed in a table showing the program names, user names and passwords, user profile and more information.