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WindowTextExtractor

WindowTextExtractor allows you to get a text from any window of an operating system including asterisk passwords

From AlexanderPro·Updated June 20, 2026·View on GitHub·

An absolutely free and simple in use system tool to: * Extract text from modal windows, buttons, textboxes, lists, etc * Show passwords stored behind asterisks (*****) from most of the windows apps * Show detailed window and process information * Show process environment variables * Show or hide almost any desktop window * Take a window screenshot * Record window stream in avi file * OCR support (including text, bar codes and QR codes) for Windows 10, 11 The project is written primarily in C#, distributed under the MIT License license, first published in 2019. Key topics include: asterisk, asterix, bar-codes, extract, hide.

Latest release: v2.2.1— Release v2.2.1
September 14, 2025View Changelog →
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WindowTextExtractor

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An absolutely free and simple in use system tool to:

  • Extract text from modal windows, buttons, textboxes, lists, etc
  • Show passwords stored behind asterisks (*****) from most of the windows apps
  • Show detailed window and process information
  • Show process environment variables
  • Show or hide almost any desktop window
  • Take a window screenshot
  • Record window stream in avi file
  • OCR support (including text, bar codes and QR codes) for Windows 10, 11

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Install

  • Download the WindowTextExtractor in the zip file
  • Chocolatey: choco install windowtextextractor
  • Scoop: scoop bucket add extras and scoop install extras/windowtextextractor

Requirements

  • .NET Framework 4.0 (OS Windows XP SP3 and later) till version 1.14.1
  • .NET Framework 4.6 (OS Windows Vista SP2 and later) from version 1.15.0

How to Use

  • Launch WindowTextExtractor on your system.
  • Now simply drag the 'Find window' button to get a window information, text, password or image.

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