Excel Worksheet Password Recovery

[krasheed]

In my case this code is not working as the VBA editor is also password protected

[Diquan]

Dear krasheed,

The best one i found to recover password for worksheet, VBA and to open files (still takes some time depending on how long is the password) is:

Code:

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[avscorreia]

Hi. Here's an additional tip to remove the password of a VBA workbook.

Code:

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The idea is to use an hex editor to change a certain string in the excel file and confuse Excel the first time you try to open the file. This will force Excel to automatically remove the password. I have tried it and it works fine.

Cheers!