I doubt if password protecting an Excel file would cause it to crash.
Chances are it would have crashed anyway.
You provide no real information in your post, so do not expect much help.
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"kmb0702"
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After saving an excel spreadsheet I decided that I needed to add a password
to protect it. I went through 2 different ways of adding one to it and after
the file was saved I went to re-open it and the file crashed once the
password was entered and I lost everything I did. Is there a way to protect
it without crashing ?