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Cisco AnyConnect: save password
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run """%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Cisco\Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client\vpnui.exe"""
WScript.Sleep 1500
WshShell.AppActivate "Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client"
WshShell.SendKeys "{TAB}"
WshShell.SendKeys "{TAB}"
WshShell.SendKeys "{ENTER}"
WScript.Sleep 3500
WshShell.SendKeys "YourPassword"
WshShell.SendKeys "{ENTER}"
@mcfalld
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mcfalld commented Jul 20, 2018

How do I get this to work exactly? Do I need to run the script before I connect to the AnyConnect VPN?

@dsv9
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dsv9 commented Sep 26, 2018

In my case, it didn't work out of the box. I had to:

  1. Remove the first two TABs;
  2. Increase the second WScrip.Sleep from 3500 to 10000
  3. Add accolade brackets { } around a symbol from my password. If you have any of the following in your password %!(^~+ then you should wrap that symbol in accolades too.

@msangel
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msangel commented Feb 15, 2019

Can't run this on Ubuntu.

@FabrizioMaio
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Hi I used your script with windows 10 the only problem I encountered is the fact that it does not write the password on the screen.
Also in the preference.xml file I would need to set two
host do you know how?
Thanks so much for your cooperation

@odiszapc
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Works like a charm, I ended up with this:
(Change host and password with yours)

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

WshShell.Run """%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Cisco\Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client\vpnui.exe"""

WScript.Sleep 1500

WshShell.AppActivate "Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client"

WshShell.SendKeys "{TAB}"
WshShell.SendKeys "{TAB}"
WshShell.SendKeys "{TAB}"
WshShell.SendKeys "vpn.securehost.com"
WshShell.SendKeys "{TAB}"
WshShell.SendKeys "{TAB}"
WshShell.SendKeys "{TAB}"
WshShell.SendKeys "{ENTER}"

WScript.Sleep 3500

WshShell.SendKeys "Password!$!#@"
WshShell.SendKeys "{ENTER}"


@VVVi
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VVVi commented May 20, 2020

Cool! If you use special symbols in pass then enclose it by braces {}, for example {~} https://devguru.com/content/technologies/wsh/wshshell-sendkeys.html

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@p333ter
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p333ter commented Feb 4, 2021

Good Job Pavel! It works for me too.

@arl-35890
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Hi, thanks Pavel for sharing this script.
I'm very unfamiliar with vbs, and I'm not sure to understand how this script is triggered? Do we have to create a schedule task to run this script as the startup of the machine?
Any help to understand how this works would be appreciated.
Thanks Guys

@JBerls
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JBerls commented Oct 29, 2021

Brilliant! Thanks so much.

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