Some PDFs Show Only Generic Icon

Hello,
I hope someone has an answer for this. I haven't used Bridge very much, but starting to use it to catalog a large batch of PDF files (Bridge CS5). Most of my PDF files show actual previews in Bridge, but many other PDF files show only the generic PDF file icons.
I eventually figured out that the PDF files that show as generic icons are all files that someone had password-protected so that the files couldn't be printed or altered. Apparently this password protection precludes Bridge from creating previews for these PDF files.
Is this expected behavior?
Is there a way around this problem? I don't know the password to the protected PDF files, so I can't open them in Acrobat Pro and change these settings. All I want to do is view these PDF files in Bridge so I can sort them in in an efficient manner.
I would appreciate any discussion and/or help with this problem.
Thank you very much.

I eventually figured out that the PDF files that show as generic icons are all
files that someone had password-protected so that the files couldn't be
printed or altered.
If a PDF has password protection you can't view and open them without this
password, nor can you view it in Bridge (there is also no preview in the
Finder, just a lock symbol with PDF at the bottom). A normal PDF file can be
viewed as thumb in the content window but in the preview window you can also
run through a multipage PDF to view its content.
Is this expected behavior?
Yes it is, a password is what it does, protect anyone from viewing it
without providing the password when asked for
Is there a way around this problem? I don't know the password to the
protected PDF files, so I can't open them in Acrobat Pro and change these
settings. All I want to do is view these PDF files in Bridge so I can sort
them in in an efficient manner.
There maybe someone that knows a very obscure way to break those passwords
but I don't know of it (nor would I like to know it....) so without the
password you will never be able to view them. Normally you won't also be
able to undo the security of a protected file without knowing the
permissions password also.
So if you don't know the passwords and don't know how to get them your
easiest option will be delete them so they won't bother you again and also
don't take space on your system...

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