Decode / Recover Dreamweaver Password

Enter Password as found in ste file :
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Description

Occasionally I have found that I loose my ftp password to gain access to a remote web server, only to have Dreamweaver as the only means available to access the server. Dreamweaver obviously knows the password, but it cannot be cut and paste from the site settings and it is hard to find. If you export the site as a ste file and open it using a text editor, then you can see the password.

Unfortunately the password in the ste file is encrypted as I found after assuming it was literal text and trying it many many times. There is a way the decode it (above) to allow you to use your password elsewhere again.

You need

• A text editor, such as notepad

How To Use

Export the site in question as a ste file. Open Dreamweaver, and choose Site > Edit Sites.

Select the website in question and then click Export

Select the backup my settings option, then click OK

Save the ste file to a temporary location, such as your desktop

Open the ste file in a text editor

look for the text along the lines of

<remoteinfo accesstype="ftp" host="ftp.?????.com" remoteroot="????????.com/" user="??????" pw="***PASSWORD***" checkoutname="" emailaddress="" enablecheckin="FALSE" checkoutwhenopen="TRUE" usefirewall="FALSE" usepasv="TRUE" useSFTP="FALSE" pathNameCharacterSet="Windows-1252"/>

copy the text that appears instead of ***PASSWORD*** and paste the password above on this page, then click Convert to recover it.

Further Uses and Ideas:

• Another way to get your coded password is to look under UserPW key in your registry ....

Dreamweaver 4
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Macromedia\Dreamweaver 4\Sites
Dreamweaver MX
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Macromedia\Dreamweaver 6\Sites
Dreamweaver MX 2004
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Macromedia\Common\2004\Sites
Dreamweaver 8
A different algorithm is used in the registry for Dreamweaver 8. Use the exported site definition to obtain the encrypted password.

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Previous Comments For This Page

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!! GENIUS!
On 11/11/2008 I tip on the encoding for you guys. Each hex number is 2 digits, so "70627576" would be 70, 62, 75, etcetera. Subtract the position of the number from itself, starting with 0. 70 is in the 0 position, so subract 0 from it. 62 is in the 1 position, so subract 2 from it. 75 is in the 3 position, so subract 3 from it. And so on. Once done, convert each to ASCII. 70:62:75:76 becomes 70:61:73:73 which becomes p a s s keep in mind, hex is 0-f, so 10 is A, 11 is B, 12 is C, 13 is D, 14 is E and 15 is F. a9 1 = aa. 9f 1 = a0.
On 30/09/2008 Saved me a lot of trouble -- after it's been stored in there for so long you tend to forget it when you need it. Funny that I had searched the reg and figured out it wasn't in there (at least not in any readable format) and then discovered you could export the info only to again find it was in an un-readable format...then I found your converter -- EXCELLENT work !!
By JMS on 01/09/2008 Thanks for this.. Thumbs up on stumble ;)
By Marty on 15/08/2008 grats for posting this utility!
By life-saved on 16/06/2008 awesome!! Thanks
By Naude on 20/05/2008 It works, but dreamweaver still says 530 login error for me.
On 28/01/2008 this is really cool!!
By Brian on 30/11/2007 Amazing!!!!! Such a lifesaver!
On 31/10/2007 This works, thanks!
By PaulM on 09/08/2007