d="Opening-existing-objects">Opening existing objects</h2>

<p>For opening pass phrase protected objects where you know what character encoding was used for the encryption pass phrase, make sure to use the same encoding again.</p>

<p>For opening pass phrase protected objects where the character encoding that was used is unknown, or where the producing application is unknown, try one of the following:</p>

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<li><p>Try the pass phrase that you have as it is in the character encoding of your environment.