<![CDATA[The new "Show Password" dialogue]]>Hello,

Opera 49 seems to have modified the way you can access your passwords. Now I am asked my user name and given additional options if I want to access my passwords. Problem is, it doesn't work.

What I have is a Windows 10x64 where I have it logged with a normal account that I am quite sure is "local" (whatever the steps were necessary so it automatically logs in when I boot). I don't know all my passwords by heart, so I sometimes accessed Opera password list to see the ones I couldn't remember, and all I was asked for was the PC password - which was the same as the one that the hotmail/windows account has, and it was all fine.

Now I am getting this new dialogue and whatever I try it says the password is incorrect. My passwords are now completely out of my reach, even if I tested the password on Outlook and Live services and it works there, just to make sure. Trying the PIN option returns "The Data Area Passed to a System Call Is Too Small" error.

Please help.

Dialogue screenshot:
https://imgur.com/a/GVyVl

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/22682/the-new-show-password-dialogueRSS for NodeSun, 15 Mar 2026 16:11:30 GMTThu, 21 Sep 2017 19:49:54 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to The new "Show Password" dialogue on Wed, 10 Jan 2018 06:09:13 GMT]]>I just updated to vers. 50.0.2762.45 as of 10 Jan 18. Works A-ok. Was getting the same issue: nothing would allow me to access passwords. So things are 5x5 w this user. Hope this helps. Advise getting the new version... John...

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/136834https://forums.opera.com/post/136834Wed, 10 Jan 2018 06:09:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The new "Show Password" dialogue on Sun, 31 Dec 2017 23:09:57 GMT]]>I've been having this issue also and just tried something different. I thought it wanted my Microsoft Hotmail login information so I kept using my email address as the username which kept giving me an error. Have been doing this for several months now. But after reading this thread, I decided to try something different. While my Microsoft account is linked to my computer, when I boot up, that is not what is displayed when I log into my computer. What is displayed is my name, "Eric Mercer" (without the quotes obviously). So I decided to try that as the username and then my password. That worked for me. I hope that it will work for others as well.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/135873https://forums.opera.com/post/135873Sun, 31 Dec 2017 23:09:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The new "Show Password" dialogue on Sun, 31 Dec 2017 18:13:22 GMT]]>@sameer0405 said in The new "Show Password" dialogue:

Even i Have the Same Issue, What the hell is opera doing without solving this ??
Does this forum really helpful ??

Actually it's a Chromium's engine problem, Opera depends on them, so have to wait for them to fix it - don't know if Opera could do something to fix it by its side -.

@sameer0405 said in The new "Show Password" dialogue:

Hey Guys, I solved this. For me Its Working fine now.

What way did you do it?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/135856https://forums.opera.com/post/135856Sun, 31 Dec 2017 18:13:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The new "Show Password" dialogue on Sun, 31 Dec 2017 10:29:57 GMT]]>Hey Guys, I solved this. For me Its Working fine now.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/135839https://forums.opera.com/post/135839Sun, 31 Dec 2017 10:29:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The new "Show Password" dialogue on Sun, 31 Dec 2017 10:19:15 GMT]]>Even i Have the Same Issue, What the hell is opera doing without solving this ??
Does this forum really helpful ??

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/135838https://forums.opera.com/post/135838Sun, 31 Dec 2017 10:19:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The new "Show Password" dialogue on Tue, 19 Dec 2017 22:10:19 GMT]]>i can confirm the same issue!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/134910https://forums.opera.com/post/134910Tue, 19 Dec 2017 22:10:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The new "Show Password" dialogue on Fri, 15 Dec 2017 10:33:18 GMT]]>I have the same problem, opera not accepting my windows user/password to access saved passwords

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/134479https://forums.opera.com/post/134479Fri, 15 Dec 2017 10:33:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The new "Show Password" dialogue on Thu, 14 Dec 2017 02:33:42 GMT]]>As things have changed again, I thought I would drop and give an update.

  • the --disable-features=CredUIPromptForWindowsCredentials" flag stopped working for me, sadly
  • the new and "improved" dialogue shows now and all options work for me (if I enter my Microsoft account email as "user name", not the actual user name, including PIN
  • this dialogue box always has more steps t ogo through compared to the old method

Anyway, happy it's fixed.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/134380https://forums.opera.com/post/134380Thu, 14 Dec 2017 02:33:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The new "Show Password" dialogue on Fri, 13 Oct 2017 21:42:52 GMT]]>Then it shouldn't ask for one, just like before.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/128604https://forums.opera.com/post/128604Fri, 13 Oct 2017 21:42:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The new "Show Password" dialogue on Fri, 13 Oct 2017 21:34:55 GMT]]> 
  Can we at least get it acknowledged?

You probably won't see such thing here.

Do you need more data about the bug?

It's a Chromium issue so Google needs to fix it.

Alright so I went hunting for the bug on the web. There is a solution for this issue, what you need to do is run Opera with the "--disable-features=CredUIPromptForWindowsCredentials" flag, and it will return to the old behavior.
Now you will only be asked for your Windows password, and it's back to normal. Hope it helps others that might be stuc kin the same position I was.

When you say "will only be asked for your Windows password," are you talking about the password that lets you logon to Windows itself?? If so, what if you don't have a Windows logon at all, like me??

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/128603https://forums.opera.com/post/128603Fri, 13 Oct 2017 21:34:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The new "Show Password" dialogue on Fri, 06 Oct 2017 13:05:37 GMT]]>

Can we at least get it acknowledged?

You probably won't see such thing here.

Do you need more data about the bug?

It's a Chromium issue so Google needs to fix it.

Alright so I went hunting for the bug on the web. There is a solution for this issue, what you need to do is run Opera with the "--disable-features=CredUIPromptForWindowsCredentials" flag, and it will return to the old behavior.

Now you will only be asked for your Windows password, and it's back to normal. Hope it helps others that might be stuc kin the same position I was.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/128334https://forums.opera.com/post/128334Fri, 06 Oct 2017 13:05:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The new "Show Password" dialogue on Tue, 03 Oct 2017 18:00:17 GMT]]>

Can we at least get it acknowledged?

You probably won't see such thing here.

Do you need more data about the bug?

It's a Chromium issue so Google needs to fix it.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/128261https://forums.opera.com/post/128261Tue, 03 Oct 2017 18:00:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The new "Show Password" dialogue on Tue, 03 Oct 2017 17:33:20 GMT]]>50.0.2729.0, still broken, just like before.

I feel this is quite an important issue. I have basically lost access to all my passwords. Can we at least get it acknowledged? Do you need more data about the bug? I would be happy to help.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/128258https://forums.opera.com/post/128258Tue, 03 Oct 2017 17:33:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The new "Show Password" dialogue on Tue, 26 Sep 2017 05:15:01 GMT]]>

Strange, works here. Windows 10 x64. It preselected my username (for Windows), I just entered the correct password and it worked.

Not for me, tried again.

I get a few choices. Neither works.

  • email address+password - not working
  • user name associated with the Windows account created with email above+password - not working
  • More Choices clicked - PIN option - error "the data area passed to a system call is too small" after 2nd attempt, 1st attempt, nothing happens.
  • More Choices clicked - last choice shows my account name/email, can be clicked, now asks for password - password doesn't work, incorrect

Yet again, to double check the password, went to https://outlook.live.com, signed out, signed back in with the very same password and email, works just fine.

I am not sure what is happening. Windows 10x64 Pro, Admin account.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/128025https://forums.opera.com/post/128025Tue, 26 Sep 2017 05:15:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The new "Show Password" dialogue on Tue, 26 Sep 2017 04:53:26 GMT]]>Strange, works here. Windows 10 x64. It preselected my username (for Windows), I just entered the correct password and it worked.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/128024https://forums.opera.com/post/128024Tue, 26 Sep 2017 04:53:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The new "Show Password" dialogue on Tue, 26 Sep 2017 04:03:17 GMT]]>Still broken in 49.0.2723.0 (PGO). Is this reported as a Chromium issue? Does the fix depend exclusively on Chromium devs? It's somewhat of a serious issue being unable to access your sensitive data.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/128023https://forums.opera.com/post/128023Tue, 26 Sep 2017 04:03:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The new "Show Password" dialogue on Thu, 21 Sep 2017 21:33:00 GMT]]>Same here and also happening on Chrome developer, so it's a Chromium issue.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/127899https://forums.opera.com/post/127899Thu, 21 Sep 2017 21:33:00 GMT