fukuyori/excelpass

ExcelPass is a Windows program that can add or remove password protection individually or in batch. Works with Excel, Word, PowerPoint, PDF, and ZIP.

excelpass's Issues

About menu cut off [low priority]

Setup: Win7x86

Steps:

1. Launch program and click on the ? icon

Defect: "About" menu window not displaying in full

[Feature suggestion] Warning message or backup folder

These are low priority and may be discarded.

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One thing I like to see in most security programs is a warning screen either at first run or whenever the lock button is clicked. There should definitely be a way to disable this to avoid nagging the user (as in the image below).

Another option for the very cautious is to have a backup folder available just in case the password for the encrypted version is lost. So the process would be:

1. User adds a file to encrypt, enters a password, and clicks the lock button
2. The original file is sent to the defined backup folder
3. The encrypted file replaces the original

Write Password for Excel xlsx file

I cant set to write password to excel xlsx file.
It works well in the case of xls file.

Question: What is new feature "Checking files at binary level"?

Just curious about the recent changelog.

I really like the "Display the number of target files"

[Feature Suggestion] Drag-and-drop onto icon / SendTo functionality

Background: would like to be able to quickly add documents to the ExcelPass queue via means other than just starting the program and adding them to the main window.

== Drag and drop functionality

Steps:

1. Drag and drop document(s) onto the ExcelPass program icon

Requested results: program starts, file(s) added.

== SendTo Functionality
Steps:

1. Create a shortcut to the ExcelPass program
2. Move the shortcut to the SendTo folder (usually C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo)
3. Right click on a Word document and choose ExcelPass from the SendTo menu

Requested results: program starts with file(s) added.

[Minor issue] Path characters issue

Setup: Win7x86 and x64

Steps:

1. Add DOCX file from C:\Temp2 to the program

Defect: Displays " \ " characters as " ¥ "

Feature request: More file types [very low priority]

Current behavior:

• Will password-protect Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, and ZIP files

Requested formats:

• LibreOffice files such as ODT, ODS, and ODP
• 7zip

[Feature Request] Stop on error

I'm not sure this is a good idea or not, but when protecting files with a password, it might make sense to keep protecting files and leave the unprocessed files as a list.

This could be solved with a manual describing the "Clear" process:

... or with the following feature:

Current behavior

When password-protecting a list of files, the program will stop if it encounters an error, the process freezes on that file (as below):

Requested capability

Ability to continue processing files.

Interface suggestion

A checkbox at the bottom of the window that is checked by default labeled "Stop on error" or unchecked for "continue processing on error". See rough mockup below:

Feature request: process complete message

Current behavior

Files that are password-protected disappear from the list.

Requested behavior

A notice at the top or bottom of the window that a read, write, or read and write password was set.

Possible appearance:

Windows 10 issue

Note that the latest version of Win10 (1709) has broken program functionality as it's no longer possible to drag-and-drop files into the interface, essentially disabling the program.

[Feature Request] Add entire folder and subfolders

[Note: this is low priority]

Current behavior

To add all the files from a folder, you must open the folder and select them. For subfolders, you must select all items in their respective subfolders. This can be very time-consuming.

Requested behavior

1. Drag-and-drop a folder with multiple files and subfolders
2. All compatible files appear in the interface where the author can password protect them

Workaround

Use a program like Everything and enter in the directory and extention (e.g. c:\test .xlsx) . Drag-and-drop all found items into the ExcelPass interface.

Potential issues

• Users may password-protect a file or folder they didn't mean to
• It may make more sense to create a single zip file and then use ExcelPass to create a password for it

Program description (on github)

Recommend changing this:

"This program can remove or set the password to the Excel, Word, PowerPoint and PDF files."

to this:

"ExcelPass is a Windows program that can add or remove password protection individually or in batch. Works with Excel, Word, PowerPoint, PDF, and ZIP."

Feature request: wrong file type notice

Current behavior

Dragging and dropping files that are not in the supported file types has no effect.

Requested behavior:

Add a note that says "This format not supported."

Feature request: notice of 15 character limit for Microsoft Office files

It might be helpful to give notice when someone is trying to password-protect a Microsoft Office file that more than 15 character passwords aren't supported.

Current behavior: Error message #1

Requested behavior: Possible changes:

• Descriptive error message
• Notice about limit on program interface when Microsoft file types are added
• Entry typing is limited to 15 characters

PDF and Office format versions and passwords

So this isn't a proper bug report because I've basically had a few problems over the past year that I didn't take down specifics on. If this is interesting, I can do a bit more digging into this and see what works and what does not. Just wanted to see if anybody cared.

• Some PDF formats can't be encrypted/decrypted by ExcelPass. I think PDF 1.7 for example supports a different encryption AES vs. ExcelPass' RC4. ExcelPass works on the latter.
• Earlier versions of Microsoft Office use very basic, easily-cracked encryption while later versions (I think 2007 and above) use standard crypto that can't be read by many "office-compatible" programs.

Translation edit: unencrypted PDF

Currently, when trying to decrypt a PDF that is not encrypted, the program gives the error message

This pdf file is not applied password.

I think a better translation would be "This PDF file does not have an applied password"

"File is busy" error msg [low priority]

NOTE: This issue appeared to go away after about 10 mins.

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This is connected to the Long Password issue on the same system setup.

This

Steps:

1. Add the file that was used when the program crashed in the last example, use a smaller password

Defect: Get "File is busy" error msg

[Feature Request] "No-install" version

Current behavior:

Program must be installed to use.

Requested behavior:

A version that is just the necessary files that are remaining after install.

Just the files above in a zip file. Could be distributed on GITHUB as ExcelPass_1.7.1.1-no_install.zip

Background:

Currently, PortableFreeware.com is listing your program in concert with the Universal Extractor program to skip the installation process. It would be helpful to have a version available that doesn't need extraction.

Also, the installer is not in English, though the resulting program is.

Long password issue [low priority]

This is low priority because most users won't use very long passwords unless they have a password manager that creates long passwords.

Setup: Win7x86, ExcelPass 1.6.2.1

Steps:

1. Launch program and add .DOCX file
2. Use long password (30 characters)

Defect: program crash