Thanks Jörn. I am using IBM JDK and downloaded and copied them to the right location and it works.
--- Thanks Sateesh K Kolusu Software Engineer - Connectivity IBM Analytics From: "Jörn Franke" <jornfra...@gmail.com> To: POI Users List <user@poi.apache.org> Date: 18-12-2019 18:34 Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: POI 3.14 fails to read an excel file with password - Export Restrictions in place - please install JCE Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy files You have to install the unrestricteds encryption policies, if you use Oracle JDK: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.oracle.com_technetwork_java_javase_downloads_jce8-2Ddownload-2D2133166.html-3FprintOnly-3D1&d=DwIFaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=VZRXZ2LRgTXiebvthnjLYQxL8LCXhtjoQI4SsCYJWOU&m=pzhaNCecXNCTRoXeqRM1MTL_yWA9GApqPem6uMqIwdo&s=pNbFRhQKkNTbAqSkB-lWYwDskX9VVmVWP9-axZdVx2E&e= Note you need the right version matching your JDK. > Am 18.12.2019 um 13:56 schrieb Sateesh K Kolusu <sateesh.kol...@in.ibm.com>: > > I am using POI 3.14 and when trying to read an Excel 2016 file with > password, I get this error > org.apache.poi.EncryptedDocumentException: Export Restrictions in place - > please install JCE Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy files > > The same excel file without password works fine to be read. > > Appreciate your inputs for a possible solution for this. > > Thanks > Sateesh > >