Batch removal of passworded document protection

[Guest]

I know it is possible to remove password protection by inserting the doc into
a new document. But I have about 150 documents with password protection.
Does anyone know of any batch password protection removal techniques or good
software that will do this.

 

[Graham Mayor]

It is *not* possible to remove password protection by inserting the doc into
a new document (unless the password protects the document for forms - and
even then the original document remains password protected). If the document
is protected against opening it cannot be opened without the password. The
sort of software that purports to crack passwords has enough trouble opening
a single document - batch processing 150 documents could take weeks of
processing (or longer)

If the document is password protected for forms, ask in the vba group, where
someone with too much time on his/her hands may be able to come up with a
macro solution to batch insert protected forms into new documents and save
the results.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

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[Graham Mayor]

It is *not* possible to remove password protection by inserting the doc into
a new document (unless the password protects the document for forms - and
even then the original document remains password protected). If the document
is protected against opening it cannot be opened without the password. The
sort of software that purports to crack passwords has enough trouble opening
a single document - batch processing 150 documents could take weeks of
processing (or longer)

If the document is password protected for forms, ask in the vba group, where
someone with too much time on his/her hands may be able to come up with a
macro solution to batch insert protected forms into new documents and save
the results.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

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