F.A.Q. - Revision history

Ed Brey: /* Where is account information and other settings stored? */ updated to apply to all Chrome extensions

2010-12-04T03:54:39Z

Where is account information and other settings stored?: updated to apply to all Chrome extensions

2010-11-22T12:56:36Z

Where is account information and other settings stored?: folder encryption not required

2010-11-22T12:26:09Z

Where is account information and other settings stored?: added storage location for Google Chrome extension

2009-10-12T21:49:46Z

Protected "F.A.Q." ([edit=autoconfirmed] (indefinite) [move=autoconfirmed] (indefinite))

2009-10-12T18:40:40Z

Reverted edits by 85.240.197.197 (Talk) to last revision by Eric H. Jung

2009-10-12T17:26:28Z

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2009-10-10T21:58:16Z

Reverted edits by 98.226.195.127 (Talk) to last revision by Eric H. Jung

2009-10-10T19:01:38Z

10.070351758794

2009-04-25T20:19:12Z

fixed link

2009-04-25T20:18:02Z

What if I forget my Master Password?

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 For the Firefox extension, everything is stored in %ProfileDirectory%/passwordmaker.rdf. If you don't know where your profile directory is, look [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder here].
-For the [https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/doblembglfahhpiilfhajboogopikhcm PasswordMaker Google Chrome extension] everything is stored in "%LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extension Cookies". If you use [http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/What-is-Encrypting-File-System-EFS Encrypting File System (EFS)] to protect the master password, only the "Extension Cookies" file needs to be encrypted, not its containing folder.
+For the Google Chrome extensions, everything is stored in "%LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extension Cookies". If you use [http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/What-is-Encrypting-File-System-EFS Encrypting File System (EFS)] to protect the master password, only the "Extension Cookies" file needs to be encrypted, not its containing folder.
 === How does PasswordMaker defeat keyloggers? ===

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 For the Firefox extension, everything is stored in %ProfileDirectory%/passwordmaker.rdf. If you don't know where your profile directory is, look [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder here].
-For the [https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/doblembglfahhpiilfhajboogopikhcm PasswordMaker Google Chrome extension] everything is stored in "%LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extension Cookies".
+For the [https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/doblembglfahhpiilfhajboogopikhcm PasswordMaker Google Chrome extension] everything is stored in "%LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extension Cookies". If you use [http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/What-is-Encrypting-File-System-EFS Encrypting File System (EFS)] to protect the master password, only the "Extension Cookies" file needs to be encrypted, not its containing folder.
 === How does PasswordMaker defeat keyloggers? ===

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 === Where is account information and other settings stored? ===
-Everything is stored in %ProfileDirectory%/passwordmaker.rdf. If you don't know where your profile directory is, look [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder here].
+For the Firefox extension, everything is stored in %ProfileDirectory%/passwordmaker.rdf. If you don't know where your profile directory is, look [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder here].
 === How does PasswordMaker defeat keyloggers? ===

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 * open a web page to the following link:
-   http://passwordmaker.org/decrypt.html
+   http://passwordmaker.org/decrypt.htm
 * find/open your RDF file,
 * find the 'globalSettings' section,

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 You're out of luck... so don't forget it.
-Seriously, since this password is not stored anywhere (unless you have told it to do so), there is nothing to recover - at least until Eric adds the 'Recover Password from Organic Memory' option...
+Seriously, since this password is not stored anywhere (unless you have told it to do so), there is nothing to recover. There is, however, one exception to this rule. If you have stored your Master Password on Disk, it is possible to discover it by doing the following:
 * open a web page to the following link:

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