Hooray for Microsoft, seems the much loved MS Word password protection is pretty lame (it’s not like anyone would trust this would they? The mind boggles)
Example 1
1) Open MS Word with a new/blank page
2) Now select “Insert” >> “File” >> browse for your password protected doc select “Insert” & “Insert” password protected doc into your new/blank doc
3) Now select “Tools” & Whey hey, voila, there’s no longer an “Unprotect document” … password vanished …
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This doesnt work, it just asks for the password to open the file when you insert the file, and you cant select “Tools” until you’ve either entered the correct password or you close the dialog box requesting the password…
This actually does work fine for documents that are password protected to edit. If it is protected to open then you are prompted with a password.
Just save the document as an rtf, then uprotect it.
This does not work. You have to be able to open the doc to save it and “David” is correct, I came across the same issue.
Ok, this worked for me. Doc was locked just for editing, i could easily open in. I did the procedure, new doc, insert file and thet was it.
Thanks, worked fine, but some subtle formatting differences… nothing a bit of toying around won’t solve…
This worked wonders for me in Tokyo.
i needed to translate something and needed to have access to the file text. Worked wonders. Thank you for posting this trick. Very happy.
good stuff! Thank you. Same goes for Excel – password protected, just copy into new doc and you’re laughin’. I’ve done this for years, now I’ve cracked the Word password problem. (this is the first Word doc I’ve ever had to do it with and it’s only because it belongs to a company who sold me something.) Thanks again.
No, this does NOT work for a Word file with a password to open. Looks like it’s not as “lame” as you thought, eh?
the author of this ‘solution’ sounds like a guy that picked up my mobile phone in 1993 and proudly informed me that he had cracked the keylock. (you know, press any button and it says press menu then *)
if the original document is only locked for editing then no one is trying to prevent anyone getting at the information, they just dont want anyone mucking about with their file.
There are countless ways of copying/resaving/exporting this info, then saving it. Leaving you with your own file to do with what you like.
My frustrated friends are trying to express that when a document is password protected (i.e. you cant open it without one) then it is an effective way of keeping people out. There are still ways of getting though this encryption, but, if you think you have ‘cracked’ microsoft’s password system by pressing – ctrl+c on one document and ctrl+v on another- then i think fully protected documents will be safe from you.
There are many third party brute force password ‘recovery’ programs availible.
goodnight and farewell…….
works fine for removing read only protection.
Thank you!
Laugher (poster two comments earlier) you DESTROYED this blogger and I must commend you on the matter in which you so eloquently phrased your words. I must say that this blogger did not even want to acknowledge that you were correct regarding the password protection for opening a document. The poster Steph even pointed out why the problem still existed, but yet no mention of how to fix the problem.
There must be some easier (i.e. No 3rd party software hack) to bypass this password protection, it’s Microsoft for god sakes and that is why we are relaying on the FREE distribution of information for which the Internet was intended.
So dear “Blog owner” we appreciate your information but please acknowledge if you don’t understand how to fix or at least admit/solicit for someone else’s help. Thank you.
@Hilarious: you are a retard.
sorry,but it`s not work because whan we open this file in insert i`ts ask about password with type password we can not click (insert)tab so tell me how it is work properly.
sorry,but it`s not work because whan we open this file in insert i`ts ask about password with type password we can not click (insert)tab so tell me how it is work properly.
The easy way is to use vb6 for application with vb6 shell programming . I did it by brut force . If you use only letters it brakes 4 characters word during 24 hours, if you use only numbers it takes 6digit during the same time. If you do mix or add special characters the brut force is not worth to use (to much time). Dictionarry attack would be better but it does not guaranty a solution.
No guys this is not working finish and klaar!!!