VaultPasswordView

Introduced with Windows 7, the Windows Vault stores logon data for webpages, network connections, and applications. Starting with Windows 8, the vault also remembers passwords saved by Internet Explorer and Windows Mail, which are not visible in the Credentials Manager. Internet Explorer and Edge do not reveal the passwords they store for security purposes. That is where VaultPasswordView comes in.

With a name that speaks for itself, VaultPasswordView can help you retrieve Internet Explorer and Edge password data, either located in the system's Vault or on an external drive. It only works properly with Windows 8 and up but you can also try it on Windows XP SP3 if you want to view login data stored on an external drive.

No setup is required and, when running the application for the first time, you are prompted to enter the Windows login password in a window where the locations of the Windows Vault folders are already filled in in their corresponding fields. In case you work with an external drive, you must enter the path of the registry hive folder.

With a click, the configuration is complete, and the main window of VaultPasswordView is displayed, encasing all the passwords it detects as belonging to Internet Explorer and Edge.

Aside from the name of the website, the application displays the username, the last modification date and time, the browser used to remember the entry, the size of the decrypted data, the file name, and more.

All or some items can be exported in various formats, including TXT, CSV, and XML. Alternatively, you can create a HTML report including selected entries and columns.

VaultPasswordView is a straightforward tool and should pose no usage issues, regardless of your experience. It can extract password information from the Windows Vault and export all the data to file. It is easy to use and does not require elevated privileges, unless your vault files are encrypted with a system key.