mRemoteNG requests for a password after update to 1.75

In case you get above pop up after you updated your mRemoteNG application please do below steps to fix it

• Make sure your mRemoteNG is closed
• Open expoler and go to %AppData%\Roaming\mRemoteNG
• Try to open with wordpad your confCons.xml its probably "corrupt" displaying squares. Close and delete it.
• Try to open your mRemoteNG. It should open fine with no connections. Close it again.
• You will also see your backup config files under the confCons.xml. They should look like this: confCons.xml.20170503-1740261623.backup Sort by date and right click and open with wordpad... going from the latest going backwards until you see a good file (with data/text in it not squares)
• Once you get a good file, close and copy it to your mRemoteNG directory
• Rename the latest blank created confCons.xml to confCons.xmlORIG or delete it.
• Rename your backup file to confCons.xml
• Start your mRemoteNG and should open up ok with all your entries!
• Goto file menu and click save to save your connections. Now you can back it up on another location if you wish.

Note: If you click/highlight the Connections (globe icon) at the bottom (config section just under your connections) you will see it says Display and Password protection should be NO.

Call2fixit!