How to Create a "Stored User Names and Passwords" Shortcut in Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8

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With Stored User Names and Passwords, Windows can store your logon credentials for servers, web sites, and programs.

This tutorial will show you how to download or create a Stored User Names and Passwords shortcut in Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.

EXAMPLE: Stored User Names and Passwords

OPTION ONE

To Download a "Stored User Names and Passwords" Shortcut

1. Click/tap on the download button below to download the file below

Stored_User_Names_and_Passwords.zip

Download

2. Save the .zip file to your desktop.

3. Open the .zip file, and extract (drag and drop) the Stored User Names and Passwords shortcut to your desktop.

4. Unblock the extracted Stored User Names and Passwords shortcut.

5. In Vista and Windows 7, you can now Pin to Taskbar (Windows 7 only) or Pin to Start Menu, add to Quick Launch, assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.

6. In Windows 8, you can Pin to Taskbar on desktop, Pin to Start screen, add to Quick Launch, assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.

7. When finished, you can delete the downloaded .zip file if you like.

OPTION TWO

To Manually Create a "Stored User Names and Passwords" Shortcut

1. Right click or press and hold on an empty area on your desktop, and click/tap on New and Shortcut.

2. Copy and paste the location below into the location area, and click/tap on the Next button. (see screenshot below)

C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe keymgr.dll,KRShowKeyMgr

3. Type Stored User Names and Passwords for the name, and click/tap on the Finish button. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: You can name this anything you would like though.

4. Right click or swipe down on the new Stored User Names and Passwords shortcut, and click/tap on Properties.

5. Click/tap on the Shortcut tab, and click/tap on the Change Icon button. (see screenshot below)

6. In the line under "Look for icons in this file", copy and paste the location below, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)

%SystemRoot%\System32\imageres.dll

7. Select the icon highlighted in blue above, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot above)
NOTE: You can use any icon that you would like instead though.

8. Click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)

9. In Vista and Windows 7, you can now Pin to Taskbar (Windows 7 only) or Pin to Start Menu, add to Quick Launch, assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.

10. In Windows 8, you can Pin to Taskbar on desktop, Pin to Start screen, add to Quick Launch, assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.

That's it,
Shawn

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