Here’s how to install and set up WinAuth.
For WinAuth to work, the Microsoft.NET framework is required. The app is no longer updated (since 2017), but you can give it a try. WinAuth is one of many two-step authentication apps built for use on Windows PCs. Here are some third-party authentication apps that work with accounts or apps that use Google Authenticator.
However, since it only works on Android and iOS devices, it cannot work on desktop PCs directly. Other authenticator apps can manage authentication codes using an app’s 2FA setup code directly instead of using Google’s secret authentication code to create those 2FA codes.īasically, Google Authenticator receives a scanned code from the app that is setting up 2FA, and then it produces a 2FA code to access the app or online account. This process works for apps or online accounts that use Google Authenticator. These apps accept Google’s secret authentication code to serve up two-factor authentication (2FA).
When it comes to two-factor authentication (2FA) codes, you have the Google Authenticator, or you have a third-party app that creates Google 2FA codes for apps or online accounts.