Urgent: Messenger "Remember Me" Store location

Hello:

Could someone please point me to the location (either in the registry or
file system) where Windows Live Messenger 8.1 stores the usernames and/or
passwords that appear in the drop-down list in the login screen?

I need to clear these, either programmatically or through a script that I'll
run at NT logoff. If there's any way (any registry setting perhaps?) I can
get Messenger itself to do this, or even disable the entire "Remember Me"
feature itself, that'd be golden!

This issue is an urgent one, and a quick reply will be most appreciated.

Thanks,
Rajesh Shenoy

Greetings Rajesh,

It's not a simple as a simple delete. Messenger stores these in the Credential Manager in
Windows.

You can get to the Credential Manager by Start, Run:
control userpasswords2
choosing the Advanced tab, and then Manage Passwords. The Messenger ones are the
(WindowsLive) entries.

As such, I believe you'll need to write code to remove these. Unfortunately there are no
GPOs for Messenger to stop it from saving credentials.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
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"Rajesh Shenoy" <rajesh_shenoy@hot_REMOVE_mail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello:
>
> Could someone please point me to the location (either in the registry or file system) where
> Windows Live Messenger 8.1 stores the usernames and/or passwords that appear in the
> drop-down list in the login screen?
>
> I need to clear these, either programmatically or through a script that I'll run at NT
> logoff. If there's any way (any registry setting perhaps?) I can get Messenger itself to do
> this, or even disable the entire "Remember Me" feature itself, that'd be golden!
>
> This issue is an urgent one, and a quick reply will be most appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Rajesh Shenoy
>
>

Thanks you very much, Jonathan!

Best regards,
- Rajesh

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
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> Greetings Rajesh,
>
> It's not a simple as a simple delete. Messenger stores these in the
> Credential Manager in Windows.
>
> You can get to the Credential Manager by Start, Run:
> control userpasswords2
> choosing the Advanced tab, and then Manage Passwords. The Messenger ones
> are the (WindowsLive) entries.
>
> As such, I believe you'll need to write code to remove these.
> Unfortunately there are no GPOs for Messenger to stop it from saving
> credentials.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
>
> "Rajesh Shenoy" <rajesh_shenoy@hot_REMOVE_mail.com> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Hello:
>>
>> Could someone please point me to the location (either in the registry or
>> file system) where Windows Live Messenger 8.1 stores the usernames and/or
>> passwords that appear in the drop-down list in the login screen?
>>
>> I need to clear these, either programmatically or through a script that
>> I'll run at NT logoff. If there's any way (any registry setting perhaps?)
>> I can get Messenger itself to do this, or even disable the entire
>> "Remember Me" feature itself, that'd be golden!
>>
>> This issue is an urgent one, and a quick reply will be most appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Rajesh Shenoy
>>
>>
>