SAP GUI: How to Save One time password

for Your SAP logon Shortcut

Posted by praveen srivastava Jan 10, 2014
Content Disclaimer :- Warming The information provided in that blog is not in line with SAP Best practices and could lead to compliance
issues.
May be you all must be knowing it but i found it very useful ( since habbit of forgetting password
) so
thought of sharing this with you .So that you can quickly open and close sessions without wasting time in
manually typing password or selecting the environment.

Create a new SAP shortcut, for the system you want to logon.

As you can see above, By default SAP disabled the ability for users to save password. To enable it you need
to tweak your Windows Registry

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Steps 1. Enable Password Field in SAP .

1.
Start -> Run -> type REGEDIT
In the Registry, navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER > SOFTWARE > SAP
Right click on SAP folder, then use select NEW > Key and name it SAPShortcut

1.

Perform the last step but this time create a key called Security
Right click on Security then New > String Value. Name the string EnablePassord
Double click on EnablePassword and enter 1 in the Value Data field, then press OK and
close Registry

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1. Open the SAP logon screen, then click New Item button.

2. In the Create New SAP Shortcut window fill in the title, user, password fields.
Select the System Description manually using the drop down, then press next

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As you can see above ,Password is enabled now

3. In the next screen keep the working directory as default ( no need to change ). Adjust the Window
Size based on your preference and once complete please press
should appear on the SAP logon screen and also on your desktop.

and your shortcut

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Next time you double click on the shortcut on the SAP Logon Pad, it will use the saved password from
the text file
and wont ask you for a password. And if your password is changed you can update in that shortcut
directly by right click-->properties and give new password and close it simple .
Hope it proves Useful

Best Regards,
Praveen Srivastava
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Muhammed Jaseem
Mar 14, 2015 12:05 PM

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@praveen srivastava, Really helping..:) Thanks very much...even thg this is not best practice and compliance it
will reduce much time and no issues with password lock..:)
thanks you again for sharing these tricks ..:P
Stephen Johannes in response to Mizanur Rahaman on page 6
Mar 13, 2015 1:40 PM
You should probably talk to person in charge of network/corprorate security and ask them for help with this
action, or better yet if this is permitted. If you are working as a consultant/contractor then you need to ask your
customer if they allow this practice. My guess if you are working for or are an employee of any large-multinational corporation, your corporate security rules would prohibit this action.
Take care,
Stephen
Mizanur Rahaman in response to Colleen Lee on page 6
Mar 12, 2015 8:14 AM
I saw it but still can not save the password.
Colleen Lee in response to Mizanur Rahaman on page 6
Mar 12, 2015 6:47 AM
I'd take the disclaimer on board instead
Mizanur Rahaman
Mar 12, 2015 6:06 AM
Hi Praveen,
I followed all the steps but still disable to save password.
Regards,
Mizan
Tim Alsop
Nov 28, 2014 10:53 AM
I recommend you use SNC with an appropriate SNC library instead of storing passwords on workstation. This
is more secure and widely used by SAP customers. Users should not be encouraged to store passwords in
configuration files.
abhimanyu sharma
Nov 28, 2014 10:44 AM
Nice Doc
praveen srivastava in response to Bartosz Wiraszka on page 7
Apr 1, 2014 12:28 PM
Thanks Bartosz.

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Regards,
Praveen Srivastava
Bartosz Wiraszka in response to Cyrus Minab on page 7
Mar 31, 2014 12:57 PM
Errors and ambiguity in the article should be corrected:
1. HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > SAP > SAPShortcut (new key if not exist) > Security (new key if not
exist) > EnablePassword (new string value if not exist) > Value 1
2. Not EnablePassord

> EnablePassword

Anyway thanks a lot Praveen!

Regards,
Bart
Susindiran Narasinga rao in response to Cyrus Minab on page 7
Feb 17, 2014 6:19 AM
Article looks good for training or demo box only.
This can not applicable for production client (dev, qty and prd) as this is against sox compliance as per security
policy and cycle.
Regards
Susindiran Rao
Cyrus Minab in response to praveen srivastava on page 7
Feb 6, 2014 12:33 AM
Thank you Praveen, it worked
praveen srivastava in response to Cyrus Minab on page 7
Feb 5, 2014 11:34 AM
Hi Cyrus ,
As per above snapshot it is evident that you have created "Security" key under "SAP" ,Please create it under
"SAP Shortcut" and check !
Please revisit all the steps again and shut down sap logon .Re-open and check ,i don't think so you will still
face that issue .Please revert in case issue still persists.

Best Regards,
Praveen Srivastava

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Cyrus Minab
Feb 5, 2014 2:58 AM
hi Praveen
I followed your instruction but it's not working out for me, the password is still greyed out I'm running GUI 7.20
on Windows 7 64bit

praveen srivastava in response to Ranjit Kumar on page 9

Jan 20, 2014 3:58 PM
Hi Ranjit ,

Yes ..definitely good for those people who have a habbit of forgetting password

like me .

Thanks .

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Regards,
Praveen Sriavstava
Ranjit Kumar
Jan 18, 2014 12:16 PM
Hi Praveen,
Nice information to save timing and free from to remember password.

Thanks,
Ranjit K.
praveen srivastava in response to Suman Sardar on page 9
Jan 18, 2014 10:17 AM
Thanks Suman
Suman Sardar
Jan 18, 2014 7:11 AM
Hi Praveen,
Nice to know this, I also feel it is useful some times but also it is natural that if we type the password as many
time as we can, we will remember it in-spite of saving the password.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks,
Suman$
praveen srivastava in response to abilash n on page 9
Jan 13, 2014 8:08 AM
Yes abhilash definitely
praveen srivastava in response to Ankit Gupta on page 9
Jan 13, 2014 8:07 AM
Thanks Ankit .
Regards,
Praveen Srivastava
Ankit Gupta
Jan 12, 2014 5:30 PM
Good one Praveen. Informitive.Thanks a lot.
abilash n
Jan 12, 2014 5:23 PM

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Thanks Praveen for showing a nice option. Knowing is not a crime at all

praveen srivastava in response to Vinoth Kumar on page 10

Jan 11, 2014 6:09 PM
YES Vinoth,
IF you want to use two user Id then you need to create two shortcut or else

You can update in that shortcut directly by right click->properties and give username and password and close it
simple .
Regards
Praveen Kumar
Vinoth Kumar
Jan 11, 2014 5:05 AM
Thanks Praveen. After saving password, if i need to login with other user id, is that possible
Regards
Vinoth Kumar
Stephen Johannes in response to praveen srivastava on page 11
Jan 10, 2014 6:02 PM
Actually it's not a pro/cons, instead this should never be done for any SAP system on a productive landscape
period and this would violate the security policy of most companies running SAP.
I have also seen this information posted before on SCN and I made those exact same comments.
Take care,
Stephen
praveen srivastava in response to Manuel Chiarelli on page 11
Jan 10, 2014 2:52 PM
HI Manuel,
Yes that is another way of doing but that may not work for everyone case .
For example here below when i try to click on sapshcut.exe application ,it triggers error as below --

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But if you go by tweeking your windows Registry,it will work definitely

Regards,
Praveen Srivastava
praveen srivastava in response to seshu p on page 12
Jan 10, 2014 2:40 PM
Thanks seshu for acknowledging
praveen srivastava in response to Frank Koehntopp on page 12
Jan 10, 2014 2:40 PM
Hi Frank,
Pros and cons are there for everything,It really works good for me .
I hope you got what am trying to say

,thanks in advance fr sharing your view !

Regards,
Praveen Srivastava
Manuel Chiarelli
Jan 10, 2014 2:20 PM

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Hi all.
A little bit easy: in the SAP GUI directory "...\SAP\FrontEnd\SAPgui\", you can find an Application called
"sapshcut.exe".
This file add directly in the register the path HKEY_CURRENT_USER

> SOFTWARE > SAP >

SAPShortcut and then the key EnablePassord.

You need only to modify the value from 0 to 1.
Bye.
Manuel
Wasem Hassan in response to Frank Koehntopp on page 12
Jan 10, 2014 1:11 PM
Hi
its too good
Regards
Wasem
Frank Koehntopp
Jan 10, 2014 1:02 PM
I have to stress that from a security perspective this is REALLY NOT A GOOD IDEA
There is a reason why this option is turned off by default...
seshu p
Jan 10, 2014 12:55 PM
Useful Information , Thanks For Sharing.
Aditya Bakshi
Jan 10, 2014 12:49 PM
Good Article Mr. Praveen.
Naresh Krishnamoorthy
Jan 10, 2014 12:09 PM
Informative...Thanks.
Br,
Naresh K.

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