Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Crack Microsoft Word password

It is possible to remove read-only password protection of Word document using MS Word itself. You don't need any software excepting Word to do this.

Follow these steps to unprotect your document:
1. Open document
2. Press Alt+Shift+F11. Microsoft Script Editor will be opened.
3. Press Ctrl+F and type "pass" (without quotes) in the Find what field.

4. Press Find Next. You will find the line like: <w:UnprotectPassword>1234F8E7</w:UnprotectPassword>

5. Select whole line and delete it
6. Press Ctrl+S to save document
7. Close Microsoft Script Editor
8. Go to Tools->Unprotect document. This will reset read-only password protection.
Автор: xedoc на 1:07 PM
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2 comments:

  1. UnknownMarch 5, 2013 at 8:08 AM

    it doesn't work on Office 2010. Right?

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  2. xedocMarch 11, 2013 at 10:09 AM

    It won't work on 2010. I heard there another way to remove readonly protection in 2010 but I didn't try it yet.
    It could work if you'll save readonly document in old format (97-2003).

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