Removing the password from a VBA project

Question

How can I programmatically remove a (known) password from an Excel VBA project?

To be clear: I want to remove the password from the VBA Project, not the workbook or

Answer 1

My 2 cents on Excel 2016:

1. open the xls file with Notepad++
2. Search for DPB= and replace it with DPx=
3. Save the file
4. Open the file, open the VB Editor, open modules will not work (error 40230)
5. Save the file as xlsm
6. It works