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Karen

Protected Workbook - Not a Good Idea!
 
I have a workbook that I protected so long ago that I cannot remember the
password - Big mistake! I want to do a "Save As" and save it as a different
file name. When I do this, it's still protected. I cannot rename any sheet
tabs or move or copy any of the sheets. What do I do? Am I SOL? HELP!

Any help would be greatly appreciated, Karen

CWillis

Protected Workbook - Not a Good Idea!
 
Copy the code from this site:

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

-Chris

"Karen" wrote:

I have a workbook that I protected so long ago that I cannot remember the
password - Big mistake! I want to do a "Save As" and save it as a different
file name. When I do this, it's still protected. I cannot rename any sheet
tabs or move or copy any of the sheets. What do I do? Am I SOL? HELP!

Any help would be greatly appreciated, Karen


Gord Dibben

Protected Workbook - Not a Good Idea!
 
John McGimpsey has code to strip out internal passwords.

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


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Thu, 6 Jul 2006 08:27:02 -0700, Karen
wrote:

I have a workbook that I protected so long ago that I cannot remember the
password - Big mistake! I want to do a "Save As" and save it as a different
file name. When I do this, it's still protected. I cannot rename any sheet
tabs or move or copy any of the sheets. What do I do? Am I SOL? HELP!

Any help would be greatly appreciated, Karen




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