Decrypting DPAPI strings with PowerShell

byAlex R. •May 11, 2022

We can use the ProtectedData class for this


Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Security;
[Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetString([Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData]::Unprotect([Convert]::FromBase64String("some base64 encoded text"), $null, 'CurrentUser'))


[Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetString([Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData]::Unprotect([Convert]::FromBase64String("some base64 encoded text"), $null, 'LocalMachine'))

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