v2.0.3

Windows utility for finding and removing password protection from PDF files in bulk, with a password manager that learns and auto-tries your passwords.

What's new since v2.0.2

• New installer (DecryptPDFs-Setup-2.0.3.exe) - per-user install, no admin rights needed, sets up the right-click and "Send to" Explorer integration automatically instead of hand-editing paths
• New "Open PDF Files..." button, for launching from the Start Menu (or anywhere) without needing to right-click a file first
• Removed an unused legacy dependency that was bloating the build
• Added an MIT license

Download

• DecryptPDFs-Setup-2.0.3.exe - installer (recommended). See the README for details on what it does before running it.
• DecryptPDFs-v2.0.3-win-x64.zip - manual/portable option, framework-dependent build. Requires the .NET 8 Desktop Runtime.

See the README for full usage and security details.

v2.0.2

Windows utility for finding and removing password protection from PDF files in bulk, with a password manager that learns and auto-tries your passwords.

Download

DecryptPDFs-v2.0.2-win-x64.zip - framework-dependent build, requires the .NET 8 Desktop Runtime.

Setup

1. Extract the zip anywhere.
2. (Optional) Edit the paths in Resources/ContextMenuFiles.reg / ContextMenuDirectories.reg from the source repo to point at your install location, then import them for a right-click context-menu entry.
3. (Optional) Edit Resources/Decrypt PDFs.lnk's target similarly and copy it into shell:sendto for a "Send to" entry.

See the README for full usage and security details.