Comments on: Get rid of "The file is corrupt and cannot be opened" in Excel

Usually when upgrading you expect nothing but improvements. So it can be really disappointing when after moving to Excel 2010 you have no chance to access your xls. file. You understand what I’m talking about if you ever encountered the "The file is corrupt and cannot be opened" error in Excel 2010. Still think it can’t open? Actually it can! Continue reading →

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  1. Thanks a lot...
    my excel is working now

  2. Its work for me when I uncheck all open in file block settings under trust center.

  3. Thanks man, I appreciate it.

  4. Worked for Excel 2016.
    Thanks

  5. No protected view in my excel option.
    How to solve?

  6. this worked! Thanks very much!

  7. thank you!!

  8. Thanks bro!! I was almost breaking this PC!

  9. Thanks a million!

  10. Thanks so much! I was having trouble with an Excel file after upgrading to Windows 10 (file had been opening fine before the upgrade) and this fixed it.

  11. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! It worked for me!!!!

  12. You are a genius!! Been searching the answers for years and bingo you are good!

  13. I saved my files in my flash drive, unfortunately my flash drive has been corrupted. I am trying to open my recent excel files, but it says could not be found, check the spelling of the file name and verify that the file location is correct. Is there any possible way where I can save and open my recent documents. I tried to recover my files from my flash drive but 0 files detected

  14. I saved my files in my flash drive, unfortunately my flash drive has been corrupted. I am trying to open my recent excel files, but it says could not be found, check the spelling of the file name and verify that the file location is correct. Is there any possible way where I can save and open my recent documents.

  15. If you are getting error message "The file is corrupt and cannot be opened" in Excel 2010 while trying to open any of your saved excel document then you can fix this issue by using MS Excel Repair tool. It is especially designed to resolve the error that occurs while using the excel file.

  16. Thnanx lot this solution

  17. you are the best i have a client at work who have issue and i was able to help them thanks

  18. This did the trick
    Thank you

  19. thanks its working.

  20. I did what you said. It doesn't work for me. I can't open any of my excel and word files. I didn't have any problems before until just this week. Now I can't open any of my files. I get a corrupted message.

    1. You might need to also update the "Trusted Locations" to include the file location.

      BTW, the warning still pops up for me, it is just that I can now elect to continue and the file opens.

  21. That's very important , thank you very much . this is successfully worked

  22. Thank you very much friend. It works well.
    Thumbs up to you! =D

  23. sir . file still not open , its more then 10 megabit . please help me it very important data

  24. superb, It is working now.

  25. For me, the issue was a photo image in the google spreadsheet. I tried a bunch of things that didn't work but by deleting the inserted image. The file would download as excel without the error message and can be emailed as attachment.

    Action item: If you have an image, delete it from the google doc and test it.

  26. pls
    I have an Excel 2007 file (.xlsx) that will not open. When I could not
    open it, I tried to just preview it. The error message says: "This file
    cannot be previewed because it is corrupted." I also tried to print
    directly from the file list, but I still get the "corrupted file" message.

  27. Did not work for me
    "The file is corrupt and cannot be opened" this message is only appears

  28. Yes It worked

    Thanks

  29. Thanks
    This worked for excel 2013 as well.

    I faced the issue with all excel 2013, word 2013and PowerPoint 2013 while opening file from outlook.

    But can you explain why this happened suddenly after two years of using MS office 2013?

    1. Sorry, we can’t say why this happened.

  30. my all xlsx file automatically rename to .XLSX.unpanvf and could not open

    1. Please note that Excel can’t automatically rename anything. The problem is likely in the way of opening files by some standalone program or add-in.

  31. Thanks for your solution this is working now..

  32. hey its working.

    thanks for the solution

  33. You just saved my bacon mate! I couldnt understand why all my excel files were corrupt. Fortunately I have them all backed up, but its a chore to recover them all.

    This solution worked a treat. Cheers

  34. thank you but Some of the files still do not open in excel 2013
    please guide me on this ASAP.

  35. Thank you it really worked for me on Excel 2013

  36. Dear Mr. Alexander, how about Ms Excel 2013,whether in the same way to work? thank you

    1. Yes, the solution works for Excel 2013 as well. Microsoft made some improvements to version 2013 and such situations hardly occur.

  37. Thanks

  38. I love you with all my heart, please marry me
    Thaaaank yooou!

  39. excellent! thanks for this very helpful tip. no need to call helpdesk

  40. hi
    i see the location that you said, but in trust center i didnt see the protected view!!!

  41. You have no idea how many hours of work you just saved me. Thank you thank you thank you! So, is the unfortunate lesson learned that you cannot convert all previously created files to Excel 2010?

  42. I Love you.

  43. Rad this worked, thanks!

  44. my file as same problem if any problem with registry due to the virus?

    1. Sorry, I am not sure I can follow you. Could you please explain the problem in more detail?

  45. Thanks Dear , Its working ...

  46. thanks a lot...its working again

  47. if i have a password on the sheet .. its working this steps
    when i log by administrator that excel sheet open with my pass
    if i log with anouther account i see this message
    The file is corrupt and cannot be opened

    1. Hello Mahmoud,
      Thank you for the info! I will try to reproduce the issue and if succeed, I will add a notice to the article.

  48. thanx a lot

  49. Did not work for me. Those options were already unchecked. I frequently get that error when trying to open a 2nd excel file when I already have one open. It's driving me crazy. I have lost so much productivity since "upgrading" to Excel 10.

    1. This is very strange. Do you get this message on the same files or randomly? On which drive are the files located - local or network drive?

  50. It works! Thank you so much! LIKE!!!!

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