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    • notchris99
      notchris99 last edited by

      Hey, so my saved passwords disappeared out of nowhere. Unfortunately i dont think they are synced with my account and even if i wouldn't be able to properly recover them because i would need my old password (had to reset to login here), which wouldve been saved in the lost passwords.

      Anyways, i did a little digging and apparently all my passwords are still saved in my login data in my opera files, however, the passwords are encrypted. How do i recover these, or apply that login data file to opera again?

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      • notchris99
        notchris99 last edited by

        I read through a few posts in the forum and apparently the login data file is connected to my windows user data? I did attempt to do a windows recovery dating back one day to fix the password issue, but besides that nothing changed.

        So as far as I understood i should still be able to access my files. The question is how.

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          leocg Moderator Volunteer @notchris99 last edited by

          @notchris99 Anything different happened before the saved passwords stopped being available at opera://settings/passwords?

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            leocg Moderator Volunteer @notchris99 last edited by

            @notchris99 Chromium encrypts the saved passwords using the OS login credentials, so even if you have the Login Data file, you can't use its data in a different OS installation or even with a different user in the same OS installation.

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            • notchris99
              notchris99 @leocg last edited by

              @leocg said in saved passwords disappeared:

              @notchris99 Anything different happened before the saved passwords stopped being available at opera://settings/passwords?

              I dont think so. I was doing some powershell stuff. And after that my passwords seemed to have been gone. Also did a windows defender search but nothing.

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              • notchris99
                notchris99 @leocg last edited by

                @leocg said in saved passwords disappeared:

                @notchris99 Chromium encrypts the saved passwords using the OS login credentials, so even if you have the Login Data file, you can't use its data in a different OS installation or even with a different user in the same OS installation.

                Yea. Thats what i already read on the forums here.
                But nothing should've changed about my OS login creds. I mean, i didnt even restart the pc. It just happened while i was using my pc normally.

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                • leocg
                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @notchris99 last edited by

                  @notchris99 Anything that could have messed with Opera's profile directory or the login Data file?

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                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @notchris99 last edited by

                    @notchris99 Did Opera updated to a new version by chance?

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                    • notchris99
                      notchris99 @leocg last edited by

                      @leocg said in saved passwords disappeared:

                      @notchris99 Did Opera updated to a new version by chance?

                      Possibly. If it did, it was an automatic update. Can i check the update history somewhere?

                      Also nothing should've messed with the opera directory as far as im aware. I did get a popup message about some administrator files that were unable to be accessed by the powershell stuff i did, but i didnt pay it any mind. Just went yes whatever.
                      I could hitup source of the powershell stuff (game modding tools) about it having accessed something it shouldnt have but I heavily doubt thats the case.

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                      • notchris99
                        notchris99 @notchris99 last edited by

                        @notchris99 said in saved passwords disappeared:

                        Also nothing should've messed with the opera directory as far as im aware. I did get a popup message about some administrator files that were unable to be accessed by the powershell stuff i did, but i didnt pay it any mind. Just went yes whatever.
                        I could hitup source of the powershell stuff (game modding tools) about it having accessed something it shouldnt have but I heavily doubt thats the case.

                        Yea, i checked up on that. Definetely nothing that could've messed with opera files.

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