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OlenMatronov-3552 asked DeepakRao-7832 answered

Microsoft Remote Desktop password

I made mistake- deleted fresh created password on my RDP, but I saved it in the Microsoft Remote Desktop and can login in my RDP. How can I see password in the soft? If I go to the "Preferences"then "User account" I see only only bold points and can't see password.

I use mac os.

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Hello, I also encountered the same problem, how did you solve it in the end?

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ElevenYu-MSFT answered Felixzhao-8358 commented

Hi,

Please check if you can find the pathword from below paths:

/Users/$USER/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.rdc.mac/Data/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.rdc.mac.plist
Applications/Utilities/Keychain Access

For your reference: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/182209/where-does-microsoft-rdp-8-for-mac-store-its-configuration/182258

Hope the information helps.

Thanks,
Eleven


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I go to this folder, try to open by Keychain file com.microsoft.rdc.mac.plist but get error.

The content of this object could not be retrieved.

How can I see password?

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Huh find password. Thank you very much, you are my superhero :)

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Glad to hear the password is found finally.

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How did you find it? I keep getting the same error you mentioned

The content of this object could not be retrieved.

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DeepakRao-7832 answered

This is what worked for me. I'm on MacOS Mojave (10.14)

Let's say the user account stored in Microsoft Remote Desktop is "sleepycat" and you want to know the password.

Open Keychain Access -> Click "Login" from Keychains (other options would be iCloud, System and System Roots). Under Category select "All Items" or "Passwords"
On the right pane, search for "sleepycat". Right click -> Copy Password to Clipboard (It may prompt you for your mac credentials)
Paste the copied password on to a text editor to see the password.

Hope this helps.

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