Excel cannot open the file 'Vocabulaire.xlsx' because the file format or file extension is not valid

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I tried many online toolsI tried solutions like zipping, etc.I tried solutions like changing the extensionsI tried converting to other formatsI didn't try the permission solution as I'm on macOS. However, I've uploaded the Excel file on Google Driver and it also cannot open itDoes anyone know any other solution to try?Here is the link to the file:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kzgDlO19STdTEQoZNnpknyd_c33dSDYF/edit?usp=share_link&amp;ouid=115228673413583900442&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=trueThank you in advance

sergeibaklan · Answer

bijanmoudi&nbsp;
If make .txt extension and open in Notepad - nothing within file except a lot of not-printable characters. Afraid it's corrupted.

patrick2788 · Answer

bijanmoudi&nbsp;Looks like the workbook is totally corrupted.&nbsp;I tried:re-naming to .zip to view the xml - could not open the compressed folder erroruploaded to OneDrive and attempted to open with Excel for the web - would not openre-named .xls - would not openre-named to .csv - would not openre-named to .txt - opened in notebook with a whole bunch of spaces and no contentThe last item may be the most telling if notepad is not able to show any characters (even if it's letters, numbers, and symbols).&nbsp;You could try another app that's capable of opening an .xlsx. Might get lucky with Open Office.

hansvogelaar · Answer

bijanmoudi&nbsp;
This file cannot be repaired in any way. Its contents have been overwritten completely by NUL bytes, so nothing whatsoever of the original contents is left.

hansvogelaar · Answer

bijanmoudi&nbsp;
Apparently because the existing contents have not been removed, but overwritten by bytes with value 0.

bijanmoudi · Answer

Already opened and yeah, many zeros like a binary file.

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