Moving connections and instances between two computers

Question

I´ve got a mysql-server that I´m administrate remotely with MySQL Workbench.

Now I´ve got a new computer and I cant find any solution to move my connections and inst

Answer 1

I found the file "WbProfiles.xml" in path C:\Users\.sqlworkbench\WbProfiles.xml

Either copy the file or copy complete ".sqlworkbench" folder under same path in new machine.

Answer 2

Backup and restore connections using the menus Tools > Configuration > Backup Connections and Tools > Configuration > Restore Connections is the easiest way, however it does not copy the passwords.

Extracting the passwords is possible in the following case:

1. Old PC should be a Windows installation.
2. You should be able to login using the Windows account who originally saved the passwords in Workbench, i.e. without having the Windows account's password reset by an admin.

If the above requirements are met, one can log into the old PC and run the decrypt tool found on http://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=41860.msg391762#msg391762

The C++ code to decrypt is shown below (credits: f0dder)

std::vector<unsigned char> decrypt(BYTE *input, size_t length) {
        DATA_BLOB inblob { length, input };
        DATA_BLOB outblob;

        if (!CryptUnprotectData(&inblob, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, CRYPTPROTECT_UI_FORBIDDEN, &outblob)) {
                throw std::runtime_error("Couldn't decrypt");
        }

        std::vector<unsigned char> output(length);
        memcpy(&output[0], outblob.pbData, outblob.cbData);

        return output;
}