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[Tysonator]

Hello,

a colleague at work has password protected a spreadsheet tab & cells so data can not be written over.
However we need to amend the data as the rate have changed and he is not being helpful with the password, by saying he can not remember ! !

So is there any way I can get around password protection in Excel ?

many thanks

 

[manic111]

Can you open it as read only, and then save a copy?

 

[A[L]C]

can you open file?

if u can u can use this

http://www.straxx.com/excel/password.html

 

[Docaroo]

There are free but not exactly above board ways to crack a password protected Excel file ... some searching on torrent sites will help you out...

 

[tres]

Plenty of password crack applications out there - just google Excel brute force

 

[Tysonator]

Can you open it as read only, and then save a copy?

I can open the xls and have tried coping the tab, however the password protection on cells is still active !

 

[stockhausen]

Plenty of password crack applications out there - just google Excel brute force

The downside to this is that by "brute force" they mean v-e-r-y s-l-o-w, you will need a supercomputer if the password is any good at all.

Quite by chance, I do believe that Overclockers UK sell some pretty powerful hardware that might be of some assistance here

 

[Doughnut007]

How much data is in the speadsheet?

Could you just create a new one and import the old data??

 

[A[L]C]

I can open the xls and have tried coping the tab, however the password protection on cells is still active !

I guess you didnt read my reply then?

 

[Uhtred]

The solution was posted above. Use straxx password macro thingy, does it in about 30 seconds.

 

[Tysonator]

I guess you didnt read my reply then?

Hi, I have read your reply. I should mention I can not install any new software at work. However I can always bring the offening xls home and have a crack at it !

At work I have copied the tabs, the spreadsheet, renamed it, cut & pasted certian cells. However the password protected cells still remain !

 

[A[L]C]

Its not software, its an excel addin