I've be trying protect and unprotect my VBA code and NOW I'm not even been
able to open the file
the message I get is
" 'FILE.xls' cannot be accessed . the file may be read-only , or you may be
tryinto access a rea-only location . Or the server the document is stored on
may be not rsponding "

My advise would be to go into explorer and make sure the file is still there
and still has the right extension and everything and you didn't make it
read-only, etc. Then double-click it in windows explorer and if you get this
message, it sounds to me like it is "toast".

Next thing I'd do is reboot my computer and try accessing the file again.

Finally, I would then go to a backup copy (you do make backups, right?). Or
if no backup, you may have to start over. Good Luck!