"Unable to decrypt password" popup in Remote Desktop Connection Manager

Question

I am using Remote Desktop Connection Manager 2.2 and every time I click on properties on a VM of mine, I get a popup window:

unable to decrypt password

How can I make this popup go away?

Solution 1

Go to Remote Desktop Connection Manager -> Edit -> Properties -> Logon Credentials - Clear the Password.

Then click Save or OK. You're good to go!

Solution 2

If you are using a connection manager config file shared from another install/user, you can either retype the password in the properties and save, and/or select store password in clear text

Solution 3

Open the filename.rdg file with an XML editor (like notepad++) and remove all the credentials that are in between the <credentialsProfile> & </credentialsProfile> metadata tags for each user that you get this error for. Then save the file.

When you open it the error message has gone. You can re-enter the existing domain, user and password then save over the top but if you have users in the error pop-up that you don't want displayed then you have no other choice.

It is a good idea to back up the file first in case you incorrectly edit the XML tags.

Cheers V/-

Solution 4

Profile Management Profiles Delete any profile showing error message Save RDG file and log back in

Solution 5

If you have multiple connections setup you can use your favorite regex text editor and use the following regex and do a find/replace.

Find:

\<password.*<\/password>

Replace:

\<password\>\<\/password\>

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Comments

[YetAnotherRandomUser]

This does not apply with RDCMan 2.7

[Jiří Herník]

This didn't work for me, I had to go through the servers one by one. see my reply below.

[Jiří Herník]

this is not needed, you can just clear the usernames/password