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Excel cannot be open the file 'filename.xlsx' because the file format or file extension is not valid
Hi All, I have a excel.xlsx file saved in my system which has been corrupted .I atleast need to recover the data stores .It is a file of 124 KB and has around 35 worksheets in the workbook .I hav...
This error message is encountered in the following scenarios:
- The file is not compatible with the Excel-version
- The file has become corrupt or damaged
I copied and pasted the file to my desktop, right-click and changed '.xlsx' to '.xls'. Boom!! I got my file back.
Try to open your corrupt file in safe mode. Press Windows+R and write excel.exe /safe and click OK. Good Luck
I just tried this and it didnt work. Its still telling me the file doesnt match. So basically my excel file wont open as an xlsx or an xls? Why not?!!! This is really annoying!!! I just got a new laptop and im trying to open my bills spreadsheet, but for the life of me cant get the file to open. This is ridiculous!! I just want to open the dang file. Why does everything have to be so fricken complicated!??!?!