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s1mple
Copper Contributor
Jan 26, 2020

Office 365 doc password ?

Can anyone help an old simpleton to recover my password for Excel docs ?

 

john@pinno.plus.com

microsoft 365
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    david kay
    Copper Contributor
    Jan 26, 2020

    s1mple 

     

    not sure if this still works (last time I used it was 2013 or 2014ish):

     

    Open the workbook with locked sheets.

    Click on the sheet you want to unlock

    Press ALT+F11 (this opens VBA)

    Select the worksheet in VBAProject list on left side of window

    Select INSERT menu on top

    In the windows that opens paste the following:

     

    Sub PasswordRecovery()
    Dim i As Integer, j As Integer, k As Integer
    Dim l As Integer, m As Integer, n As Integer
    Dim i1 As Integer, i2 As Integer, i3 As Integer
    Dim i4 As Integer, i5 As Integer, i6 As Integer
    On Error Resume Next
    For i = 65 To 66: For j = 65 To 66: For k = 65 To 66
    For l = 65 To 66: For m = 65 To 66: For i1 = 65 To 66
    For i2 = 65 To 66: For i3 = 65 To 66: For i4 = 65 To 66
    For i5 = 65 To 66: For i6 = 65 To 66: For n = 32 To 126
    ActiveSheet.Unprotect Chr(i) & Chr(j) & Chr(k) & _
    Chr(l) & Chr(m) & Chr(i1) & Chr(i2) & Chr(i3) & _
    Chr(i4) & Chr(i5) & Chr(i6) & Chr(n)
    If ActiveSheet.ProtectContents = False Then
    MsgBox "One usable password is " & Chr(i) & Chr(j) & _
    Chr(k) & Chr(l) & Chr(m) & Chr(i1) & Chr(i2) & _
    Chr(i3) & Chr(i4) & Chr(i5) & Chr(i6) & Chr(n)
    Exit Sub
    End If
    Next: Next: Next: Next: Next: Next
    Next: Next: Next: Next: Next: Next
    End Sub

     

    Now hit F5.

     

    This will reveal a password that will unlock the sheet.

     

    You have to do this for each sheet.

    It does not show you the original password, instead it will return a password that will open the sheet.

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