Hi

I was just making sure the files arent corrupted or ransomwared and confirming the problem was in word

Is it an actual protected (encrypted) file? If it is, wonder if a third party program like libre office could open it , to help further debug if it is an office or some other issue

What is the problem you are having?

Very tempting

Please do

Do you have a tech savvy friend who can help see if the drive can be recovered?