[tde-users] Re: kPDF says this is a password-protected PDF

Anno domini 2026 Sat, 19 Sep 22:50:48 -0400 J Leslie Turriff via tde-users scripsit:

I downloaded three documentation PDFs for a new motherboard, but when I try to open any of them, kPDF asks for a password.* I can open them with kGhostview, but that application is quite primitive compared with kPDF.

Does anyone know why this is happening, and how to get past the password prompt?

I have written this small helper some years ago. You can associate it with *.pdf to get them decryted on the fly.

Nik

You can experiment with one of the documents, which I have stored at https://c.mail.com/@649596501445582267/Q3yZyhtyLVI29-W0bgEUZQ

Leslie

*See attached images.