Windows 10: Lost my "Password-Protection" for files.....with Office "Home & Business 2013" ...and File...

Hello to the Community,


Running Windows 10 Version 1909 OS Build 18363.592


I hadn't checked my Password-Protected files in several months....


Looked at them today.


Password protection has disappeared. All files and folders are wide open. Why ? How did this happen ?


What's the best corrective action.....Without paying for the solution ?


Thank you,

Gary

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Password protected Office files

Hello Bob and Sharon,



Thank you for your message.



Unfortunately the Office files protected by a password are not supported yet on the Windows Phone. I would advise you to send this idea to the official Windows Phone suggestion box :



http://windowsphone.uservoice.com/f...uggestions/category/18991-improved-experience



Best regards,

 

ms. excel bug? file that protect by password become unprotected file?

i have ms. excel 2010 document that protected by password, when i send it through e-mail the file become unprotected file, in other name the pass is gone
is it the bug or i just missed something on that

 

Read Password Protected Zip, PDF, and Office Files

I don't know if this is an app or just part of Windows Phone 8, itself. But, when I try to open a password protected zip archive, WP8 nicely opens the archive. But, when I then select the file in the archive to open, it just comes back saying there was
a problem. IOW, it can't handle password protected zip files. Is there any way to read these in WP8?

EDIT: Well, from this:

http://windowsphone.uservoice.com/f...d-to-be-able-to-open-a-password-protected-doc

it looks like it's not just my inability to figure things out that's the problem: it's a Windows Phone 8 issue. And, as I noted in the above thread, it's even worse. Not only can WP8 not open password protected archives (zip files), the Office app that comes
with it can't open password protected Office files. That's just silly (well, I used some different terms when I figured it out).

For goodness sake, Microsoft. This is a mobile platform. I'm syncing my data from the cloud via your un-secure SkyDrive service (which is a different thread). WP8 has GOT to be capable of handling protected files. Out. Of. The. Box.

EDIT 2: I've now tried opening an encrypted PDF on my Lumia 920 (Windows Phone 8 device) with Microsoft's PDF Reader app. Like their "File Browser" (whatever it's called) not being able to open encrypted zip files, and their Office app not being able to open
password protected Office documents, now I find that their PDF reader doesn't open encrypted PDFs.