Java CryptUnprotectData Windows WiFi Passwords

Question

I\'m trying to decrypt a Windows WiFi password on the same machine using Java which is supposed to work with cryptUnprotectData() but I\'m getting the following error:

Answer 1

You're using getBytes() on a hex string, when you should be parsing the hex string into bytes.

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