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Muthu69
Jul 04, 2020Copper Contributor
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...
Kellie2627
Sep 23, 2023Copper Contributor
I am having this same issue and none of the solutions worked, can anyone help me? ðŸ˜
- anniherranenSep 27, 2024Copper ContributorHello, I am answering a bit late but facing the same problem in 2024 I found these discussions, tried the proposed solutions and could not recover my file. However, I was able to retrive my data by opening the file in Notepad ! I don't know if this works for files with several tabs, but it worked for my simple excel sheet.
Good luck