password recovery-saved on pidgin

[David Balazic]

Dave Warren wrote:

> On Thu, 6 May 2010 17:50:32 +0100, Brian Morrison <bdm at fenrir.org.uk>
> was claimed to have wrote:
> 
> >On Thu, 6 May 2010 12:27:10 -0400
> >kyle brown <kyleb36019 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> 
> >> So I'm an idiot and don't remember my password, yet it's saved in
> >> pidgin on my computer. I read somewhere that these passwords are
> >> saved in the open in the program files. I couldn't seem to find it.
> >> I'm running windows 7, any help? Thanks.
> >
> >It will be in your user directory under .purple, I'm not sure where
> >that is exactly on W7 though. The actual file you need is 
> accounts.xml.
> 
> %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\.purple\accounts.xml


%APPDATA%\.purple\  might work too, and is shorter.
(just type it in the location field of explorer or open dialog of
notepad)
(works 100% on XP) 

David