patgenn123 Posted February 6, 2010 Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 I forgot a password on a macro and I need to unlock it. Does anyone know an end around? Pat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cory Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 Sorry, I don't know of any. Contact support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 For security reasons Macro Express and Macro Express Pro do not have a ‘master password’ or a feature to allow anyone to remove a forgotten password. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patgenn123 Posted February 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 What do I do then? I cannot delete it either and it has run some havoc on things. I made a mistake by using "contains" rather than "=" on a variable and now I cannot use ME or ME Pro at all. Pat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yehnfikm8Gq Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 Did you set the password on a macro or a macro file? You should have a backup for every macro file (unless you unchecked all options). You can always delete the locked mex and restore an earlier version. If a macro is locked, delete and restore earlier version from saved backup. If you cannot delete, export all other macros to a new macro file and delete the mex file. Never tried although I've restored from backup. Take a look at "Password" in Help. 2 items are related to macro passwords, 1 item to Category passwords. I was going to comment in your other thread that going into the programming business introduces liability issues and this gaff could be disastrous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cory Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 If the security was easily circumvented then it wouldn't be secure. ................................................................................ .. Restore the file from backup. If you have done work in other macros in the buggered file you can identify them by modified date and export and then import back into the restored version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rberq Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 If you are desperate enough, you could try opening the .mex file in a text editor, copy to clipboard what you think is your macro, create a new .mex, open that with the text editor, and paste in what you copied. Then try opening the new .mex with ME and see what you have. It's (barely) possible that you will come up with enough of your original to be useful. Or open a new macro in a new .mex with the direct editor and paste in what you copied, then switch to the script editor and see what is there. Probably a very low chance of success, but what do you have to lose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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