Convert secure string to string

[jimmynastase1 (Jimmy)]

As I did not manage to get specific support from UiPath in this matter, I am reaching out to my technical connections.
I am facing a situation with a robot that needs to access the credentials stored as “Generic” type in Windows Credential Manager. After the initial access they are changed to “Windows Credentials” type and I can’t access them anymore, more precisely I can’t convert the password from secure string to string anymore with the command “new System.Net.NetworkCredential(string.Empty, secureStr).Password”. Can anyone please assist me with this?

[RoboHeart]

Hi @jimmynastase1

you can use the package uipath.credentials.activities to handle this in a easy way.
There are the activities Get Secure Credential and another one to type the secured string into a field.

[jimmynastase1 (Jimmy)]

Hi @RoboHeart,
That’s exactly what I am using. From “Generic” type I can get them with no problems but I have to get them from “Windows Credentials” type. I need to convert the secure string to string because I have to type it into a command prompt. I know about Orchestartor Credentials also but as per company policy we can’t store VM credentials there.

[Srini84 (Srinivas)]

@jimmynastase1

“Generic” type in Windows Credential Manager

@jimmynastase1

Check below post for your reference

How to work with Windows Credentials

Hope this helps you

Thanks

[jimmynastase1 (Jimmy)]

I’ve read all the documentation regarding Credential Manager Activities and was not able to find an answer to my issue.

[RoboHeart]

Ou…sorry. I misunderstood.

Why does the type was changed from Generic to Windows Credentials?

[jimmynastase1 (Jimmy)]

@RoboHeart,
I have no idea.

[TastyToast (Hans Muster)]

I don’t believe secureString to String is possible. You would literally decrypt your password. That would violate literally everything.

Sorry

[Pradeep_Shiv]

hi @jimmynastase1,

You can do this

StrVar =new System.Net.NetworkCredential(“”, SecureStrVar).Password

Cheers

[TastyToast (Hans Muster)]

Interesting. Thank you. And I thought this is not allowed.
Actually I think it should not be allowed.

[jimmynastase1 (Jimmy)]

@Pradeep_Shiv
Did you read my post? I just said i’m using the same command but it doesn’t work when getting Windows Credentials instead of Generic Credentials.

[Srini84 (Srinivas)]

@jimmynastase1

Check as below

I am able to retrive without any problem

Windows credential store

Hope this helps you

Thanks

[jimmynastase1 (Jimmy)]

@Srini84
As I said two times, I am able to do that aswell if they are stored under Generic Credentials, I need to retrieve them if they are Windows Credentials, the section above Generic Credentials in Windows Credential Manager.

[hsendel]

@Pradeep_Shiv

new System.Net.NetworkCredential(“”, SecureStrVar).Password

It’s not working for me

[Pradeep_Shiv]

Hi @hsendel,
What’s the error?

[jack.chan]

try

new System.Net.NetworkCredential(String.Empty, SecureStrVar).Password

[hsendel]

Hello @Pradeep_Shiv . Thanks for reply. Please find bellow the error (XAML file attached):

Main.xaml (4.6 KB)

[hsendel]

Thanks @jack.chan , I tried and got bellow error ( as per attachmentMain.xaml (4.6 KB) )

[jack.chan]

your password variable should be a string instead of SecureString

then in the messagebox you can simply print password

[hsendel]

Thanks for prompt feedback, but when I change this I got another error :