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Corrupted Excel File
A password protected excel file was saved as a back up in an external hard drive. Thereafter on attempting to open it using the correct password it says "The file is corrupted and cannot be opene...
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Nikolino
I know I don't know anything (Socrates)
i am having the same problem.
ZERO problem on my 2019 laptop with windows 10 and 20204 version of office.
new files, files with text (no formatting), etc. all of them become corrupted and unrecoverable as soon as i password protect them.
and i took the "corrupted file" from the new laptop and opened it on the 2019 laptop with win 10 with zero problem. something is wrong with excel and windows 11?
- this solved the problem--malwarebytes issues
thank you! shutting off malwarebytes excel 4.0 protection solved the problem!!!
i'm repeating the steps for doing this for clarity:
security
scroll to bottom, exploit protection, advanced settings
application behavior protection
scroll to bottom, uncheck excel macro 4.0 abuse prevention