Show password in plaintext, by using Get-Credential in PowerShell

23 March, 2010 Roel van Lisdonk 2 Comments 1 category

To show the password from the Get-Credentials cmdlet in plaintext, use the following PowerShell script:

$credential = Get-Credential

[Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::PtrToStringAuto([Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::SecureStringToBSTR($credential .Password))

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