Decode / Recover Dreamweaver Password
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
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.
How it Works:
Previous Comments For This Page
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a lifesaver. Thank you
By flippertie on 19/10/2009gracias ... nica converter to get rid of dreamweaver!
By wolf354 on 22/09/2009Thank you so much for this site!!!
I had an old client call me last night to have some work done on his site. I've had his password stored in Dreamweaver for over 3 years and had no idea how to get to it (to use in the more-current software I'm currently using).
Your site saved me from embarrassingly having to ask the client for the password again (which I'm sure he wouldn't even know himself!)
By Micah on 08/09/2009this is great!! always wondered how to recover my pw. thanks!
By Dave from Baltimore on 20/08/2009Thank you sir! Superb post!
By Heidzir Jamaraji on 06/08/2009Fantastic tip, very helpful!
By DM on 08/07/2009Yes! Saved my life.
Ty very much! :)
On 22/06/2009This was AWESOME! Been trying for months to see if the client could find the password, no luck! Thank gosh for YOU! :)Woo hoo!
By Sasha on 05/06/2009Thanks, very useful.
By PhilS on 19/05/2009You saved my life, thanks very much, what a brilliant tip.
By Peter on 11/05/2009thank you so much!
On 04/05/2009Sometimes you come across things on the web that make you want to buy the person who made it a beer. Thanks!
By James Lewis on 16/04/2009Very helpful, thanks!!
By Bjorn on 27/03/2009This was a lifesaver, thanks!
On 23/03/2009Worked... freaking awesome! Thanks
On 23/03/2009ahh good ole hexadecimal, excellent tool..
By ck on 20/03/2009Tremendous!! Cheers
By Mark on 18/03/2009Many thanks, very useful!
By Toby on 10/03/2009This is the most useful thing I have ever found on the net...NEVER TAKE THIS DOWN!
By LThomas72 on 09/03/2009Awesome!
By Rhapsody Solutions on 04/02/2009THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!! GENIUS!
On 11/11/2008I 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 30/09/2008Saved 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 01/09/2008Thanks for this..
Thumbs up on stumble ;)
By Marty on 15/08/2008grats for posting this utility!
By life-saved on 16/06/2008awesome!! Thanks
By Naude on 20/05/2008It works, but dreamweaver still says 530 login error for me.
On 28/01/2008this is really cool!!
By Brian on 30/11/2007Amazing!!!!!
Such a lifesaver!
On 31/10/2007This works, thanks!
By PaulM on 09/08/2007
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