How to get un-encrypted FTP login passwords from WinSCP export file?

Question

I can't remember my FTP login passwords. But my FTP login passwords saved in WinSCP application. How I show my saved passwords? (I have exported passwords as WinSCP.ini but I can't see the passwords. Because they are encrypted.)

Answer 1

Quoting WinSCP FAQ Can I recover password stored in WinSCP session?:

One way is to recover your password is enabling a password logging in preferences. See Log passwords and other sensitive information preference option. Then inspect the session log file to find the stored password.

 . 2017-06-13 07:41:11.313 ---------------------------------------------------------------
 . 2017-06-13 07:41:11.313 WinSCP Version 5.15.1 (Build 9407) (OS 10.0.17763 - Windows 10)
 . 2017-06-13 07:41:11.313 Configuration: HKCU\Software\Martin Prikryl\WinSCP 2\
 . 2017-06-13 07:41:11.313 Log level: Normal, Logging passwords
 ...
 . 2017-06-13 07:41:11.313 ---------------------------------------------------------------
 . 2017-06-13 07:41:11.313 Session name: My server (Site)
 . 2017-06-13 07:41:11.313 Host name: example.com (Port: 22)
 . 2017-06-13 07:41:11.313 User name: martin (Password: mypassword, Key file: No)

You can also abuse a Generate Session URL/Code function to retrieve the saved password. Note that special symbols in the password may get escaped. You are most likely to see the password intact in the .NET assembly code, where only double-quotes are escaped (in all supported languages).