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> Here's a question for all you breakers out there-is there a way to  
recover a
> password for a StuffIt deluxe archive?  I've got some vital stuff locked  
away
> in an archive here, and I can't unlock it!  Aaaaargh!  It's pretty  
important
> stuff, which I need for the coming semester.  Slap me in the face for  
not
> having an unprotected backup, but there it is...
> 
> Anyone know how to either...
> 
> a: remove passwording via ResEdit or MacSnoop (Mr Rosenthal?)
> or
> b: recover the password using ResEdit or MacSnoop
> 
> Please help!!!!

Sorry, Bruce. It is just not possible. StuffIt does NOT store the password  
with the archive. The "key" that they talk about is just something that is  
encrypted that the program knows how it should look after decrypted. After  
you enter your passwork, it decrypts the "key" and if it does not look  
right, it knows you have the wrong password. I am sure that the "key" is  
not just the same static text each time either. Probably some function  
that provides it based on archive info.