I'm Desparate here. I need to unprotect an old worksheet and have forgotten
my password. Is there a workaround?
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Hi There

I did something similar and found this macro online.... It will not
give you your original password but it will give you a password that
you can use to unprotect the sheet.


Sub RemoveWorksheetProtection()
'Author unknown
'Breaks worksheet password protection.

continue = MsgBox("This macro will crack password protection on a
worksheet. Please note that most people protect " _
& " a worksheet for a reason and you should think twice
before removing the protection. Do you want " _
& " to continue?", vbYesNo)

If continue = vbYes Then

Dim i As Integer, j As Integer, k As Integer
Dim l As Integer, m As Integer, N As Integer
Dim i1 As Integer, i2 As Integer, i3 As Integer
Dim i4 As Integer, i5 As Integer, i6 As Integer
On Error Resume Next
For i = 65 To 66: For j = 65 To 66: For k = 65 To 66
For l = 65 To 66: For m = 65 To 66: For i1 = 65 To 66
For i2 = 65 To 66: For i3 = 65 To 66: For i4 = 65 To 66
For i5 = 65 To 66: For i6 = 65 To 66: For N = 32 To 126
ActiveSheet.Unprotect Chr(i) & Chr(j) & Chr(k) & _
Chr(l) & Chr(m) & Chr(i1) & Chr(i2) & Chr(i3) & _
Chr(i4) & Chr(i5) & Chr(i6) & Chr(N)
If ActiveSheet.ProtectContents = False Then
MsgBox "One usable password is " & Chr(i) & Chr(j) & _
Chr(k) & " - " & Chr(l) & Chr(m) & Chr(i1) & " - " &
Chr(i2) & _
Chr(i3) & Chr(i4) & " - " & Chr(i5) & Chr(i6) & Chr(N)

Password = Chr(i) & Chr(j) & _
Chr(k) & Chr(l) & Chr(m) & Chr(i1) & Chr(i2) & _
Chr(i3) & Chr(i4) & Chr(i5) & Chr(i6) & Chr(N)

myCount = Application.Sheets.Count
Sheets(1).Select 'This line of code selects the 1st
sheet
tx = 1
Do While tx < myCount
ActiveSheet.Unprotect Password
tx = tx + 1
ActiveSheet.Next.Select
Loop
Exit Sub
End If
Next: Next: Next: Next: Next: Next
Next: Next: Next: Next: Next: Next

Else
MsgBox "Cancelled"
End If
End Sub



On Jun 29, 7:59*pm, Davros wrote:
I'm Desparate here. I need to unprotect an old worksheet and have forgotten
my password. Is there a workaround?
--
Hi There

Worksheet or Workbook?

Internal or external protection?

Do you need a password to open the file?

For internal protection see John McGimpsey's site

http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel/removepwords.html

For external also see John's site

http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel/fileandvbapwords.html


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:59:05 -0700, Davros
wrote:

I'm Desparate here. I need to unprotect an old worksheet and have forgotten
my password. Is there a workaround?