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Hi,

I set a password on a file I needed for university and now cannot
remember the password.

I have tried all the usual things I would set it to but no luck.

I desperately need to get into the file.

I have tried several different programs found in Google and have failed
miserably.

Is this mission impossible?

Please help?


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Take a look he

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

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xirokx wrote:

Hi,

I set a password on a file I needed for university and now cannot
remember the password.

I have tried all the usual things I would set it to but no luck.

I desperately need to get into the file.

I have tried several different programs found in Google and have failed
miserably.

Is this mission impossible?

Please help?

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Hi

Thanks for the quick response.

Its very interesting reading but I'm still no closer to finding out my
password.

Have I missed the obvious?

Please help

P.S. when i open the file the password box appears so cannot "save as"
to obtain the info.


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xirokx wrote:

Its very interesting reading but I'm still no closer to finding out my
password.

Have I missed the obvious?


Probably. Did you see

relatively inexpensive commercial password crackers are available,
either as stand-alone applications (all for Windows, currently) or as
a service that you send the workbook to.


AFAIK, there are no robust freeware password crackers. The links I list
on that page can take you to commercial sites that will either break
your password for a fee or allow you to purchase a password cracker.
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Thanks for your help its most appreciated

decryptum is very good it actually showed me part of the file but its
expensive for a poor student like me :(

alternatively the other programs are around $45 as well

is there no way of doing this for free - am i stuffed?


please continue to help


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AFAIK, you're stuffed. There may be freeware crackers out there (do a
google search), but I generally would trust freeware hackers even less
than I would trust hackers who ask for your credit card number.


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