# password question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password-question/70145>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 26, 2001, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password-question/70145 "2001-06-26T00:35:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![insider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@insider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/insider)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password-question/70145/1 "2001-06-26T00:35:54Z")

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Is there a file on the hard drive where your passwords are kept? Is it a hidden file? A windows search for xxx.pw does not find the file. How would you locate the file.

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**Author:** ![Kalashnikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/2bfe46/32.png) [@Kalashnikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalashnikov)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password-question/70145/2 "2001-06-26T02:55:19Z")

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try .PWL