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Default HELP: can no longer open protected file in XP

All,

I have a 1.3 meg spreadsheet file in excel (office XP suite). I used
the password protection feature to keep others who share my PC from
being able to open the file at will. Worked fine for a few weeks.


Now when I try to open the file I get the standard message saying file
cannot be accessed... may be read-only... server may be busy.... NONE
of which are true. Excel does not even ask for the password -- never
gets that far. Other excel files open just fine.


How do I force excel to open this file? Is there a switch I can
include with the filename that includes the password ? can I extract
the data? This is a very important file. Any help will be GREATLY
appreciated. TIA,


David


PS., This is my first time trying to open file since installing IE 7
beta 3.

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