I found this programme to be of great help to liberate PDF documents
http://www.freewarefiles.com/Freeware-P ... 27137.html
I am running it from my USB key, so I think it very well might be a portable application.
Freeware PDF unlocker
According to the read me file that came with this programme:
There are two types of passwords that can be used in a PDF file
1. A password that restricts some functions, such as printing. This is the most common type. {Owner}
2. A password to open the file for reading. {User}"
This programme can remove passwords of type 1, but to remove type 2 requires that you know the password to open it.
I had a couple of manuscripts (200+ pages) that I wanted to add bookmarks in, this programme unlocked them in a couple of seconds. So I can certify that it works well removing type 1 passwords at least
There are two types of passwords that can be used in a PDF file
1. A password that restricts some functions, such as printing. This is the most common type. {Owner}
2. A password to open the file for reading. {User}"
This programme can remove passwords of type 1, but to remove type 2 requires that you know the password to open it.
I had a couple of manuscripts (200+ pages) that I wanted to add bookmarks in, this programme unlocked them in a couple of seconds. So I can certify that it works well removing type 1 passwords at least
IF
if this will let you print after removing passwords of type 1
then couldnt you print it to pdf
and then read it ????
maybe this isnt a portable option but a large number of freeware pdf printers are out there
for now some solutions are not portable
but hopefully this would defeat type 2 passwords
I bet their is a better solution already in the database though
then couldnt you print it to pdf
and then read it ????
maybe this isnt a portable option but a large number of freeware pdf printers are out there
for now some solutions are not portable
but hopefully this would defeat type 2 passwords
I bet their is a better solution already in the database though
Re: Freeware PDF unlocker
Hello folks,
How did you make it work from the pendrive? I tried a lot, but I am not good with windows cmd commands. Can someone help here?
See you later,
Aeolis
How did you make it work from the pendrive? I tried a lot, but I am not good with windows cmd commands. Can someone help here?
See you later,
Aeolis
Freeware PDF Unlocker - Creating a Launcher
Hello folks,
I am trying to make Freeware PDF Unlocker running from a USB sticky. Until now I was able to extract all the necessary files to a folder named Freeware PDF UnlockerPortable. I have figured out that the file that unlock pdf's is the unlockpdf.cmd and it's a Windows command line file with the following commands:
@echo off
echo.
echo.
echo This may take a minute, please wait.
echo.
echo.
echo.
echo.
set ttt=%1
set tt=%ttt:~0,-5%
gswin32c -dSAFER -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sFONTPATH=%windir%/fonts;xfonts;. -sPDFPassword= -dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress -dPassThroughJPEGImages=true -sOutputFile=%tt%_noPW.pdf" %1
I would like to know if there is a way to make the cmd file open and unlock a pdf when I drop the file over it? I am not good with Windows command line arguments. Could somebody help me here?
See you later,
Aeolis
I am trying to make Freeware PDF Unlocker running from a USB sticky. Until now I was able to extract all the necessary files to a folder named Freeware PDF UnlockerPortable. I have figured out that the file that unlock pdf's is the unlockpdf.cmd and it's a Windows command line file with the following commands:
@echo off
echo.
echo.
echo This may take a minute, please wait.
echo.
echo.
echo.
echo.
set ttt=%1
set tt=%ttt:~0,-5%
gswin32c -dSAFER -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sFONTPATH=%windir%/fonts;xfonts;. -sPDFPassword= -dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress -dPassThroughJPEGImages=true -sOutputFile=%tt%_noPW.pdf" %1
I would like to know if there is a way to make the cmd file open and unlock a pdf when I drop the file over it? I am not good with Windows command line arguments. Could somebody help me here?
See you later,
Aeolis
Re: Freeware PDF unlocker
Very old thread update:
The original link is offline so I went digging. He might have been referring to this: https://sourceforge.net/projects/portablepdfunlocker/ … it's open source and appears to have been updated back in 2014 (and a x64 version added 6 months later). Hopefully it's that and not the other same-named commercial program.
EDIT: PDF Unlocker program - ExcelPass: https://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=2802
The original link is offline so I went digging. He might have been referring to this: https://sourceforge.net/projects/portablepdfunlocker/ … it's open source and appears to have been updated back in 2014 (and a x64 version added 6 months later). Hopefully it's that and not the other same-named commercial program.
EDIT: PDF Unlocker program - ExcelPass: https://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=2802