How can I backup the Windows Web Credentials store?

Question

I have just purchased a new PC and even though I'm using Windows 10 with a MS account & Password sync enabled, it seems like no Passwords were synced on the new PC.

On my old PC I have stored a lot of Login Details with MS Edge / IE over the past years and they would always show up in the Windows credentials Manager under "Web credentials". I tried to use the backup & restore feature there but it only backs up the Windows credentials, not the Web credentials.

How can I Transfer the web credentials to my new PC?

Just for reference: Here's a Picture of the Windows web credentials store on my new PC which only contains new entries from the past 24 Hours of usage. My old PC contains probably about 100 entries.

Solution 1

It seems you are using the Credentials manager in Control Panel. There are at least two other ways to access your credentials:

a command line program:

cmdkey.exe

and an alternative GUI:

rundll32.exe keymgr.dll, KRShowKeyMgr

in the last one, backing up the credentials and restoring them works for me, including the web credentials.

Solution 2

PowerShell

[void]
[Windows.Security.Credentials.PasswordVault,Windows.Security.Credentials,ContentType=WindowsRuntime]
$vault = New-Object Windows.Security.Credentials.PasswordVault
$vault.RetrieveAll() | % { $_.RetrievePassword();$_ }

and copy paste technology to notepad :)

Comments

[Akinzekeel]

I couldn't seem to get the command line program to even see the web credentials, but the alternative GUI method seems to have worked for me. Thanks!