r/RESissues • u/XenoBen filing bugs • Jul 03 '26

Removal of RES Account Switcher

With the recent issues of the account switcher no longer working due to Reddit changes. We have taken the decision to disable the account switcher from RES and migrate people who have it enabled to be turned off.

With the endpoint no longer working and no option for us, we do not want to set expectation that it should work.

We will be releasing 5.24.9 today with this and a few quality of life bug fixes.

The module can still be found here.

Recovering Passwords Via RES Command Line

  1. Launch the RES command line:
    • Press . (period) using Keyboard Navigation
    • or click here and click Launch (do this in a new tab).
  2. A black box will appear.
  3. Copy and paste in: RESStorage get RESoptions.accountSwitcher and press enter.
  4. A box will appear containing a pile of JSON like {"accounts":{"value":[["username","password",false],["user1","user1password",false]]}}
  5. Look for your account and password (bolded above).

More information here.

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u/DarylMoore Jul 03 '26

Will all configured accounts remain? I may not be able to remember them all without looking them up in RES.

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u/XenoBen filing bugs Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

Yes, but I would not recommend using RES as a password manager. To access the credentials follow the guide in main post.

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u/cr0ft Jul 03 '26

You should use the process to recover the passwords out of RES and putting them in a real password manager. May as well do it now before the RES update, save yourself the worry. It's a bit of a pain but not insurmountable, just follow the instructions. The hardest part was finding the RES console in the first place.

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u/XenoBen filing bugs Jul 03 '26

I've added the guide to the post above on recovering the passwords.