Excel is asking for a password while I never set one
 

From one day to another I can't open 2 of my Excel documents because they are
suddenly protected?
One file is .xls en one file is .xlsx
I'm sure I never set any password.
How is this possible and how to access my files again?

Excel is asking for a password while I never set one
 

I have never heard of Excel files passwording themselves.

Does "one day to another" mean OK one day but not the next then OK on third
day?

I'm betting "Someone" added a password.

Passwords to open files are not easily cracked.

There are some commercial applications out there that will do so.

Do a 'net search on "password cracker".


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 08:29:02 -0800, Tiny
wrote:

From one day to another I can't open 2 of my Excel documents because they are
suddenly protected?
One file is .xls en one file is .xlsx
I'm sure I never set any password.
How is this possible and how to access my files again?