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Removing Password of Word File
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raklali
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I have a MS-Word 2013 File which has a password and I HAVE the Password.
The Word File has got Corrupted and shows End Tag error. Problem Appears only after successful authentication of the password.
To get over this, I need to remove the Password without Opening the File.
Any methods to remove the Password without opening the File after Passing Correct Password?
Thank you.
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Aman Brijbhushan Tiwari 6 Reputation points2022-09-10T10:43:09.673+00:00 Try opening it in Linux preferably with Libre Office. Once, I also ran into this problem. But linux opened it easily. May be this could help you.
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raklali 236 Reputation points
2022-09-11T06:31:15.583+00:00 Thanks for responding Aman. Meanwhile I got through the problem by using an online tool "Viewer" available as First Option on Top Left of the webpage Available at This Web Link
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Emi Zhang-MSFT 30,046 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff2022-09-15T09:12:59.667+00:00 Hi @raklali ,
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John Korchok 6,126 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator2022-09-09T19:40:02.127+00:00 Sorry, that's not possible. It's also unlikely that the password protection has anything to do with the XML error message. You have a corrupt document, but Word is not detecting that corruption until the password is entered.
Here's my article on fixing corrupt documents, it may help you: OOXML Hacking: Document Repair
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raklali 236 Reputation points
2022-09-10T07:33:56.413+00:00 "You have a corrupt document, but Word is not detecting that corruption until the password is entered"
Yes. This assesment by you you is Correct John. When I attempt to open the .docM file, It asks for Password. On entering the Correct Password, I get the Error.
The .docM file is created on Word 2013. So when attempting to Open, it asks for Password and then Throws the Error of End tag is missing matching start tag
When I rename the .DcoM file to .ZIP and then Repair it with WinRaR, I get set of Foldes & Files but all those are Encrypted.
Is it possible to recover my contents or At least the Text?
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raklali 236 Reputation points
2022-09-10T08:19:51.787+00:00 John, Following your article, link of which you shared, I renamed the corrupted .docm file to .zip and could see the following:-
- Folder Named [6]DataSpaces
- File Named EncryptedPackage
- File Name EncryptionPackage
Seems my text is in EncryptedPackage. I know the Password so the question now is "Can I Decrypt the EncryptedPackage?"
I will be greatful if you could provide me a work around to get myd text back...
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Ceasar Chen_MSFT 4,481 Reputation points2022-09-12T01:46:02.47+00:00 Hi, @raklali
Unable to remove password without opening word file. It is recommended that you can refer to the methods in this link to repair word file: recover-lost-unsaved-corrupted-document
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