Accessing Windows Credential Manager

[steeld]

I have a problem with a laptop that, until I find a permanent fix, I have to keep deleting the credentials for automatic login as stored via the Windows Control Panel. I seem to accumulate these (up to 50 at a time) and they can only be deleted one at a time. This sounds like an ideal automation application for WinBatch. Question is - can I access these credentials directly via WinBatch? I don't really want to fire keystrokes at the window because this approach is so unpredictable.

Thanks

David

[td]

There are several potential ways to access Credential Manager from a WIL script.

• The cmdkey.exe command line utility.  It has a delete option but you need to know the name of the credential to delete it. See WIL Run function.
• The Win32 API function CredDeleteA. See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/api/WinCred/nf-wincred-creddeletea and the WIL DllCall function.  You would need to use several API functions to fully implement a solution.
• Find an open source .Net assembly that covers the Win32 APIs.  For example, https://www.nuget.org/packages/CredentialManagement.      It is source code only so you would have to create the assembly dll using the community version of Visual Studio.

Other forum members may have more and better ideas.