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Excel corrupt files and won't start.
Hi.
I'm having loads of issues with Excel. Firstly, I'm getting a file corrupt message no matter whether I try to open a file from my documents or as an attachment. If I send the file to my phone the file opens no problem. I've gone into Trust Centre and changed settings but that hasn't made a difference.
Secondly, Excel will sometimes go to open then it will close immediately. It was flash up as if it is opening a file but then will disappear. It will do this a few times then it will totally not open.
I've run repairs as well as doing a uninstall and reinstall but that hasn't helped at all. Word seems to work fine, just Excel is the issue.
Any help on this would be great as I use Excel daily for my work. Thanks.
I'm having loads of issues with Excel. Firstly, I'm getting a file corrupt message no matter whether I try to open a file from my documents or as an attachment. If I send the file to my phone the file opens no problem. I've gone into Trust Centre and changed settings but that hasn't made a difference.
Secondly, Excel will sometimes go to open then it will close immediately. It was flash up as if it is opening a file but then will disappear. It will do this a few times then it will totally not open.
I've run repairs as well as doing a uninstall and reinstall but that hasn't helped at all. Word seems to work fine, just Excel is the issue.
Any help on this would be great as I use Excel daily for my work. Thanks.
4 Replies
First of all, MS Excel has an inbuilt option "OPEN and REPAIR" to repair the corrupt Excel file. To use it:
- Open MS Excel
- Go to File-> Open
- Select the Excel file which you want to repair
- Choose Open and Repair option from the drop down list
- Now Click on the Repair
Second Solution
Sometimes, the third party plugins also stops to MS Excel files. You can remove these add-ins from MS Excel and to do so:
- Open MS Excel
- Go to File
- Select Options
- Select Add-Ins
- Select COM Add-Ins
- Click GO
- Select the Add-ins which you want to delete
Third Solution
Try to change the Excel file extension. Ex: xls to xlsx
Note: If these solution wont work, then you can take the help of https://support.microsoft.com/.
- Does it work if you open Excel in safe mode (hold down the control key while you launch Excel)?
- Thanks for the reply. No, it doesn't. The notification about safe mode comes up then disappears before I can click on it.
- Does this article help you to do the start in safe mode: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Open-Office-apps-in-safe-mode-on-a-Windows-PC-dedf944a-5f4b-4afb-a453-528af4f7ac72
