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For PowerShell 5.1 and older, convert secure strings back to plain text
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| function ConvertFrom-SecureStringToPlainText ([System.Security.SecureString]$SecureString) { | |
| [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::PtrToStringAuto( | |
| [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::SecureStringToBSTR($SecureString) | |
| ) | |
| } | |
| New-Alias -Name s2p -Value ConvertFrom-SecureStringToPlainText |
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Glad you found it. I keep it in my daily driver PS profile, comes in handy often.