menu passwords

[Richard Kreiss]

Thank you to those who responded. These responses led me in the right direction.

To remove the password on Windows.

1. copy the menu to a new name
2. open with an editor such as notepad++ where you can see the first string on the first line.
3. Delete this string which is just before the menu title.
4. enter a single space to move everything to the right one space
5. Save the file
6. Open in filepro Define User Menus
7. If a password is requested, go back to the editor and remove the single space added and save. Repeat step 6
8. If no password is requested, you may need to edit the menu command lines and any batch files created.

I found with one menu that everything had shifted on space right and the second, everything had shifted one space to the left.

This was still faster than recreating these 2 menus.


Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting

Office: 410-653-2813



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> Subject: Re: menu passwords
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> On 5/2/2013 4:41 PM, Richard Kreiss wrote:
> > One of my elderly clients has forgotten the menu passwords for 2 of her
> menus.
> >
> >
> > Is there any way with a text editor to remove a menu password?
> >
> > Richard
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> Yes.
> 
> Open the menu with vi or notepad.
> Down arrow to the end.
> You will see the encrypted version of the password on the last line.
> Just delete that line.
> 
> Make sure you make a copy.
> Since this is is your first time you may want to try it on a copy.
> 
> Richard
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