password saved in user profile

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When a user runs Internet application, it shows a log on window with userid
and password in the text boxes. So the user just clicks OK to log on. For
some reason, I have to create a new user profile by copying the current user
profile to a folder as backup and then deleting it in User Profiles app. When
the user logs on, the new user profile is created. However, when user runs
Internet application again, it shows a log on window but userid and password
are gone. I guess they should be saved in the user's profile folder
somethere. Can anybody tell me where? Thanks.
 
They are saved in the Registry, but typically, passwords are not stored when you copy profiles.
 
Hi Doug,

Do you mean that userid and password saved in the Registry, were deleted
when I deleted the user profile? And no way to get them back? Thanks.

Ian
 
If you told it to delete that user's files, then yes, they're gone. The User portion of the Registry is stored in the NTUSER.DAT file in each user's Documents and Settings\<username> folder.
 
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