'The password is incorrect. The file cannot be opened'

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'The password is incorrect. The file cannot be opened'

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Why am I receiving this error message? I am unable to open approximately 40 documents saved with a password. I didn't make any changes to the password/preferences, so I'm confused about why this is happening. Can someone please help? Thank you.
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See Q08/A08 in the [Tutorial]Mac FAQ
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LO 6.4.4.2, Windows 10 Home 64 bit

See the Writer Guide, the Writer FAQ, the Writer Tutorials and Writer for students.

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Re: 'The password is incorrect. The file cannot be opened'

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elliepants wrote:Why am I receiving this error message? I am unable to open approximately 40 documents saved with a password. I didn't make any changes to the password/preferences, so I'm confused about why this is happening. Can someone please help? Thank you.
I know of a SURE workaround for "The password is incorrect. The file cannot be opened."
Simply switch to LibreOffice ... that's what I did ... problem solved: the password works again.
This problem has been in the OpenOffice codebase for over a DECADE - affecting ANY password protected file type - and the developers are powerless to find and fix it.
If you don't believe me - search the forum for

The password is incorrect

for yourself, and you'll see most of them conclude "LibreOffice Worked!!!"
This problem was why I switched to LibreOffice 4 years ago ... as I found no help here.
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This problem was why I switched to LibreOffice 4 years ago ... as I found no help here.
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Sea Mac wrote:This problem was why I switched to LibreOffice 4 years ago ... as I found no help here.
Did you report it as a bug, with an example file which failed with AOO but worked with LO? I searched but could not find any bug report

You didn't? In that case how do you expect it to be fixed? The developers are not mind readers - they rely on users reporting problems. If no problems get reported nothing gets fixed.

Please create a bug report here and include a file which does not open with AOO but does open with LO.

If you cannot be bothered then please at least upload an example file so that I can create a bug report.

Incidentally I assume you are talking about .odt files created by AOO and not .doc. or .docx files created by MS Word.
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Remember: Always save your Writer files as .odt files. - see here for the many reasons why.
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