RE: A classic: lost .ple password. Thanks for the explanation, although it's bad news ;-). I'm totally not into encrypting. My idea/hope came from the 'analogy' of the key and the keyhole. The password is used to 'unlock(decipher)' the file like a key is used to unlock the lock....
RE: A classic: lost .ple password. Good guess. It is indeed comparing something. And if it can do that, there must be stored something to compare with.
RE: A classic: lost .ple password. Indeed, but I found a thread indicating that the first lines of the encrypted file could contain a clue about the password. Not much, but maybe its length? And then there's the question iif the password is case sensitive. If it isn't, that would a...
A classic: lost .ple password. I already found there's no other way to retrieve it but to crack my head about it. But, a little extra info could help me: *is the password case sensitive? *can somehow be revealed how many characters were used for it? Thanks already!