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How can I copy and paste my list of passwords for the purpose of emailing myself a reminder in the event of a crashor other reason I reinstall my O.S.?

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How do I go into "Saved Passwords" and copy-and-paste. It's supposed to be simple HTML and I need to paste them into an email I can send to myself.

I should only have to drag my cursor over the whole list of stored passwords, but they won't turn blue like the list is supposed to.

How do I go into "Saved Passwords" and copy-and-paste. It's supposed to be simple HTML and I need to paste them into an email I can send to myself. I should only have to drag my cursor over the whole list of stored passwords, but they won't turn blue like the list is supposed to.

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Please go to options -> security -> saved password -> show password and then you can right click on what you need to copy the username or password.

Thank you!

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No, that only says "copy user name" or "copy password" and then you have to close the whole tools tab to get back to the document, that would take forever. I should be able to at least copy the whole line of text by dragging, highlighting, right clicking, selecting "copy" then go to a document or email I'm composing, right clicking again and selecting "paste". I want to email myself, from Yahoo Mail to Hotmail/Outlook, the entirety of my saved passwords for all of my usernames for FaceBook, Blogger, YouTube, email and various political and entertainment discussion forums.

That way, if I ever have to reinstall my O.S., purchase a new computer...etc, I can go to one of my email inboxes and have it all right there.

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Take a look at this extension:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/password-exporter/

Exports in two different text-based formats.

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You have a couple of options

  1. Copy your signons.sqlite and key3.db files in your Firefox profile for a complete list and keep them in a safe place, not on your system.
  2. You can use the following add-on to create/export a list in a couple of formats and that exported list can later be imported back into Firefox using the add-on. Also keep your export in a safe place, not on your system:




Other - Check your Plugins and update as needed

Modified by TheOldFox

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Or, take a ScreenHunter image of the list and email that to yourself.

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