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2020-07-29 2022-09-29 (current)
Restored revision 1544920903. Undoing revision 1596015422. (martin) (hidden) alternative method for discarding lost passwords (martin)
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To reset master password, remove ''Configuration\Security'' [[config|configuration]] section/key. To reset master password, remove ''Configuration\Security'' [[config|configuration]] section/key.
-You also need to remove all protected passwords. For this, search for and remove all ''Password'', ''ProxyPasswordEnc'' and ''TunnelPassword'' values from configuration subsections/subkeys of ''Sessions'' section/key. +You also need to remove all protected passwords. For this, search for and remove all ''Password'', ''ProxyPasswordEnc'' and ''TunnelPassword'' values from configuration subsections/subkeys of ''Sessions'' section/key. Alternatively, if you are going to set a new master password: While doing that WinSCP will prompt you for previous master password once for every lost password. Just cancel those prompts with ''Esc''.
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