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I was working on this new puzzle for quite some time now. Unfortunately, I locked the file and now I don't remember the password... :(

Here's a snapshot. I think I might have left some clues for cracking it. But I am lost..Not sure what was it..

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Transcript of file name

 WFBEBOCLECHKLBPM

Can you help me find my password?

Hint

As already observed in comments, start by recognizing the file type. And then utilize .

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  • $\begingroup$ That looks like a really cluttered desktop in the background... maybe cleaning that up would help ;) $\endgroup$
    – n_plum
    Apr 11, 2017 at 18:30
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    $\begingroup$ Some people just want to watch the world burn. $\endgroup$
    – Rubio ♦
    Apr 11, 2017 at 18:57
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    $\begingroup$ @Rubio it's just, you see, there are these three things out of quite a lot. These things are called 'keys'. They are found on keyboards, commonly associated with laptops and computers. These particular keys are called 'ctrl', 'c' and 'v'. They all do different things but together can form magic. You see, 'ctrl' and 'c' are amazing friends who note down everything they see. 'ctrl' and 'v', are also friends but they love writing things really, really fast. Together, they can duplicate text. It makes things very easy. Don't worry if you don't understand, it is very complicated. :P $\endgroup$
    – Beastly Gerbil
    Apr 11, 2017 at 20:18
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    $\begingroup$ @BeastlyGerbil Where's the ctrl key? There doesn't seem to be any ctrl key! All I see is ⌘, ⌥, ... $\endgroup$
    – Rubio ♦
    Apr 11, 2017 at 20:28
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    $\begingroup$ On the face of it, there doesn't seem much more to this than "Here's some ciphertext: WFBEBOCLECHKLBPM. Now decipher it!" which is plainly unreasonable. So perhaps there's some other clue hidden somewhere. $\endgroup$
    – Gareth McCaughan ♦
    Apr 12, 2017 at 19:00

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Your password is

Welldone

The icon is a

Windows Standard icon for .ISO files

Which leads us to interpret the filename as

ISO 2-digit Country Codes

As deduced in chat
From there, I looked at the list

And took the n'th letter of each entry,
Wallis & Futuna, Belgium, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Hong Kong, Lebanon, and Saint-Pierre & Miquelon

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    $\begingroup$ Yay! We did it! $\endgroup$
    – n_plum
    Apr 13, 2017 at 21:20

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