Removing passwords

[The_Xell]

I'm an idiot. I typed in my usual password combination without looking at the keyboard and i've made an error. I have a zip file with important files in, which i cannot access for the life of me. I've tried every combination i would have used, so now i think i just hit a wrong key somewhere.

I used a hex editor and found the first part, but the rest is just rubbish.

So, does anyone know of a way to remove passwords from a zip file? And i don't mean cracking it, as it takes way too long.

Oh, and freeware if possible!

[The_Xell]

Crap...

[yasunobu13]

haha

[Vincent26381]

Don't know if it's allright to post this here, although a simple google search will show the same link:

http://www.picozip.com/prt/

[The_Xell]

thanks man, i've tried Brute force attacks.... I'm hoping there is something that just ignores the need for the password.... just anything that won't take a year - they need to know the password length, otherwise it's useless......

[Markp.com]

If you zipped the file, you should have the original files... sounds fishy to me!

[The_Xell]

They were personal files i wanted to password protect. I then deleted them (i guess i could just try recovering the files, but then again it was on my well used C drive about a month ago) from both sources. I was planning to back them up on CD today but hey, i left it too late and forgot the pw!!!