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Steve7381
May 20, 2020Copper Contributor
Excel password encryption
Hi All, Please help!! I believe my excel file has encrypted itself is this possible? I heard mention on other threads. The file won't open at all unless i supply a password but i'm sure i didn...
JKPieterse
May 21, 2020Silver Contributor
Files can be saved with the requirement to provide a password to open them. If this is in VBA, the VBA code will contain the password as well probably. But that doesn't really help if you are unable to open the file. Unfortunately, password protection of a file is relatively secure, so not simple to break.