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Hi People,
I have a Word Document 2010 and is password protected. I want to view the document but cannot view it.
I tried various steps to remove the password but was not successful.
Could anyone share me a tool or .bat file that will help me remove the Password.
Regards
Syed Ali
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Is there a reason you can't approach the document owner and ask them for the password?
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I am seriously getting tired of answers on the Internet questioning the approach instead of giving the answer.
However, if you had instead told the OP that this is the wrong place for software questions : )
And to answer with your question, every so often, in large corporate environments I do tend to find the mystical locked document that no one can edit and no one knows who originally created. So it is a legitimate question.
Oh, and since I never vote 1's and feel bad about it, you can vote down my how to make a geek happy post : )
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Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote: I am seriously getting tired of answers on the Internet questioning the approach instead of giving the answer.
Hell yes, me too. I often want to say, "I didn't ask for an elephanting consultation, I asked how to perform a task."
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Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote: I am seriously getting tired of answers on the Internet questioning the approach
instead of giving the answer.
Yawn. Who died and made you the arbiter of all things IT? Besides, sometimes, questioning the approach is the right answer.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
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There was an answer in there - you just didn't bother with it - the answer is "approach the owner". If there is no one in an organisation who can answer this question, then there is a fundamental problem in that organisation, or with the people in the organisation. However, I will defend your right to vote me a 1 as I couldn't care less about the vote itself. So your geek post is safe from me.
(BTW - the alternative answer is hacking the document, and that's not something I'm comfortable recommending, so I'll stick with my original answer)
Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote: since I never vote 1's
Not accurate now, is it? You can univote with a clean conscience now.
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while I see your point, in this case it was a legitimate question in my opinion. What if he is trying to get access to a doc he is not allowed to have?
Just sayin .
Common sense is not a gift it's a curse. Those of us who have it have to deal with those that don't....
Be careful which toes you step on today, they might be connected to the foot that kicks your butt tomorrow.
You can't scare me, I have children.
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Could be - could also just be that HE created the document a while ago and thought up the PERFECT password - which he - when it comes down to it - can even remember himself.
That has never happened to you? It has to me. Heck, I can't even remember what I did last week.
Why can't I be applicable like John? - Me, April 2011
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Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn - Seán Bán Breathnach
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Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo!
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Just because a thing is new don’t mean that it’s better - Will Rogers, September 4, 1932
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Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote: questioning the approach instead of giving the answer.
And not only the approach, also the intent. If I ask a question in a forum about something I need to know, I really don't care to get into a lengthy discussion about WHY I need to to do it and if it's really what I should do/want to do/etc... 
Some people should keep their eye on the ball. GOOD CALL, Ennis!
Apart from that, I agree with you: The right answer would have been: Try another forum!
Why can't I be applicable like John? - Me, April 2011
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Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn - Seán Bán Breathnach
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Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo!
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Just because a thing is new don’t mean that it’s better - Will Rogers, September 4, 1932
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Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote: I am seriously getting tired of answers on the Internet questioning the approach instead of giving the answer.
He didn't question the approach he suggested asking the person who created the document. It could well be that this guy has stolen a document containing the personal detail of everybody with Jr. in their name, so he can start hacking their bank accounts; just as soon as some damn fool tells him how to crack the password.
One of these days I'm going to think of a really clever signature.
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Pete's was a perfeclty legitimate question IMO. The OP could well have a good reason for wanting to get into a spreadsheet, equally this could be an attempt to crack the security on something.
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Adeeb Ali wrote: Could anyone share me a tool or .bat file that will help me remove the Password.
That would equate to hacking something someone doesn't want hacked. If it is your own document then it is too bad that you forgot your password, but such is life sometimes.
You may find something somewhere that can do the job, but I couldn't tell you where because personally I've never had the need.
I also don't think it is something someone here will provide.
I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
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Doesn't Open Office open them?
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Maybe, if you provide the password...
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+5 for the chuckle.
I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
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Everything seems to be working as intended.
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You can actually bypass the password on Word 2007+ documents fairly easily. See here.
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change the extension to .zip; then 'extract' it in a new folder.
In that folder there should be a file called "settings.xml".
You can find the password in there, just remove it and save.
Zip the files again and change back to the original extension.
Wouldn't it be cool if that actually worked? 
Giraffes are not real.
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(Was about to try it).
Veni, vidi, vici.
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Ditto! I know for Family.Show extensions, it works.
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That almost sounds feasible, just based on the fact that they ARE zip files (at least .docx are, not sure about .doc).
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Doc's are not, but anything with an 'x' at the end for Office 2007+ are zip files under the covers.
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Thanks! I did not know that.
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Don't forget XPS documents too. They aren't all that common but they follow a similar format.
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