Try holding down the shift key when you open the file.

If it opens, then go in and remove all the macros and save it as a different
name.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Dave" wrote in message
...
I asked this question a couple of days ago and got no
response, so thought I would try one more time. So here
goes...

I have a couple of files that a friend of mine programmed
using vba. I do not know anything about programming, but
when I try to open the excel files, I get an error message
that says, "Microsoft Visual Basic - Error accessing the
system registry". When I click ok, the error message goes
away, but the file will not open. Can someone please tell
me how I can get rid of this problem? Thanks.