On Win 7 Pro. Right click did not produce the "run as administrator" Need to unpack the file first! Clicked on Setup file then extracted to same folder. Then when right clicked that setup file the admin option appeared. Installed fine then.

Downloaded, extracted from zip, ran as administrator, ran program, entered registration number, product registered. Too easy. On Windows 10 64bit

Same as Chet Morton in #21. Will not install unless I remove ALL the WowTron software on my Windows 10 computer.

Not installing - - - too much to lose.

This is now a company I do not intend to patronize in the future!

I had to save to desktop so I could open and run with admin privelages. I couldn't do it directly from the setup.exe file that opens when you download the program.

I had WowTron PDF Encryption installed and this program will not install claiming a newer version is already installed. I had to uninstall WowTron PDF Encryption to get this program to install.

People do as others have said and extract the files FIRST before installing. I did so and my install went smoothly. If you are having problems with "Run as administrator" then give yourself administrator privileges temporarily.

My password-protected pdfs are at work and installed on my home computer. I won't be able to test until I get to office and bring the documents home Monday.

I am the Windows 7 administrator.
I installed with "Run as administrator" and it installed.

When I enter the registration code, app replies "Success!".
But still shows as unregistered "Register version".

This is not user-friendly. Should I just remove this app and move on?

Also, the app does not produce any shortcuts.

Installing was a breeze.
Interface looks slick.
Didn't have a chance to test it, since I don't yet have a PDF with restrictions.

Same problem that so many others have. Can't install.

Had no trouble installing. I unzipped the package, right clicked on set up, hit run as administrator. Then registered with the code in the read me file. Worked perfectly. Thanks for the software!!

Very useful. I didn't even know this was possible. I used this software to unlock all restrictions on pdf files of computer manuals I have bought. Those are big paper books, with their companion CD storing the pdf ebook. Obvisouly, I use the ebooks on screen as my own personal help file for Excel, Word, etc.

The stupid thing is those files are partially locked, with different rights according to the publisher. Some of those allow you to paste comments in the margins of the book, but not to copy bits of it in your own notes. Another publisher would allow you to copy from their books, but not to add comments ! The same limitations might apply for highlighting, creating new bookmarks, highlighting a bookmark to make it stand out, forcing the ebook to open with the bookmarks sidebar open, printing, etc.

It's very irritating not to be able to use a paid-for book the way you want, especially if this involves taking advantage of its digital nature.

Wow Tron PDF Restriction Remover works very simply. "Decrypting" the file takes a few seconds, and lifts all restrictions. All previous comments, hightlitings, linked files, custom bookmarks, etc, that I had been able to add to the files are still there. The resulting file is even a tad smaller.

"Decrypting" creates a copy of the file and appends a "not protected" mention to its name. Open the new file to check that it is OK, delete the old file if you don't need to keep a locked copy, rename the new file to restore the original name, and voilà.

Drawbacks :

- Not optimised for high resolution screens. With my Windows settings, some text is not visible in the GUI.

- The Help menu opens the publisher's website (which is OK), but it does so with Internet Explorer, and not with my default browser, Firefox.

- Working from a non-admin Windows user account, the software has to be run as admin, otherwise it will ask for the registration key everytime it's launched (which strikes me as stupid).

- Some wording in the GUI is not self-explanatory.

- You can't select several files to decrypt them in one go.

OK, People--read the reviews before you install.

The instructions above clearly say "Please make sure to install the program as admin!"

Several reviewers have pointed out that this means to EXTRACT the downloaded file, then RIGHT CLICK the installation file and select INSTALL AS ADMINISTRATOR.

It isn't sufficient that you are considered an Administrator by your computer or your company or your mother, you have to do the right-click and select thing.

If you do all that and still aren't happy, then say why. If you are happy, say why.

Being unable or unwilling to follow simple instructions shouldn't qualify as a significant review.

I don't think anything shorter than 10 words should qualify as a review either, nor should any review that includes expletives, but it's not my web site.

Information is good, if you don't ignore it.

Please note that like most programs of this kind, this only works if you have the password already: "If the PDF file is protected by User/Open Password: users need to type the password to unlock the PDF file manually".

To use the run as administrator option you have to unzip the zip file. If you try to run the install within the zip file you don't have the option to run as administrator and the install will fail

Can not be installed in win 10. This software does not have Microsoft signature on it and can not be run as administrator.

Installed fine for me when I selected to Run as Administrator. Win 7 64 bit. I don't have a file to sample at this time but I will keep for use at a later time. Thanks GAOTD and Wontron Software.

Same thing here, I'm the Administraror but it still won't let me install, Saying I need admin Privilages. Right click doesn't work as there is no option to run with admin. Maybe someone can explain why all these programs think they are so important that they need Admin Privileges to run. They aren't & don't, so quit programming that way!!!

During installation this automatically removes (without asking you) another software named
WowTron PDF Page Organizer Ver 1.1

ReadMe file references a "GCD" file, which it says is necessary for install, but is not included... Where is it??

Hi
After extracting the files from the compressed file, I experienced the same installation problem even though I was installing from within an 'Administrator' account!
Like NW (#5) this was overcome (Win10 64bit) by right clicking on the 'Setup' file and selecting 'Run as Adminstrator'. I hope this helps!

In Win10 I was able to install by running Setup.exe as Admin. Then it did not appear to add to the Start menu, just put an icon in the desktop. In a first test it did remove the annoying Copy restriction of a pdf file.

Cannot install this software. Installer does not work.

After using the "Right click on the exe file and "Run as Adminstrator" " option, It installed fine on Win7 64bit.

A great peice of software that will be very useful to me to remove the restrictions in pdf files that just make things a nuisance - such as preventing printing or preventing copying bits of text.

I like that you can set the option of where to save the file.

My suggestions:

1. allow the user to choose the name of the new file. At the moment it creates a new file with (NoProtected-nn-n-n) appended, where nn-n-n seems to be a random string of digits

2. Clicking on "help" on the menu opens the "support" page of the website using Internet explorer.
It would be better if it went to the page with the actual instructions on how to use the program and used my default browser rather than IE

3. There doesn't seem to be any documentation on what the "try passwords" button does nor how to use the "password pool"

INstalled OK on WIN10 Pro as admin, but not too sure what good the program is.
I'd hoped, from the description, that I'd be able to open PDF forms (like the ISA enrolment forms) so I can type in the required information) but every PDF I try I get "No Restricted files" so just what good is the program
Suspect I'll just Uninstall and treat it as another GOTD joke offering

John and Geo I had same problem. Solution: Right click on the exe file and "Run as Adminstrator" Worked fine for me after that.

Try to install and, although I log on as admin, I receive message that the installer has insufficient rights to access a specific folder.
Any help?