Forgot password for VS Project pfx file

visual-studio signing pfx
ZYX picture ZYX · Jul 10, 2011 · Viewed 14.4k times · Source

I'm trying to work on an old Visual Studio 2010 project from another computer, but I forgot the password for the pfx file used to sign the assembly. Is it possible to crack the password or is there a way to build the project without knowing the password?

Answer

0x574F4F54 picture 0x574F4F54 · Feb 19, 2012

If you remember certain characteristics about your password (i.e. starts with 'pass', does not contain tilde, ampersand, digits 6 - 9, etc...) you could use this utility (boredwookie.net) I wrote to help you recover the password. It is released under an Open Source (MIT) License so you can see how it works.

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