PDF24 8.7.0 - Feature: Loading password-protected PDF files - "This feature was requested by some users and here it is now."
Finally! Hello again, PDF24!! 🙂 <--BIG SMILE
Yes, one can utilize other apps to print out an encrypted PDF file to PDF24 for further manipulation, but that's mildly annoying. It's so much nicer now, being able to right click and send any PDF file -- protected or not -- straight to PDF24. Thank you!