Hi, about 4 months ago, i created a database of some of my personal contacts in a excel format and had it password protected. I than stored it in a USB port and forgot all about it till today but I have forgotten my password. Any ideas how i can still retrive my store ddata in the excel file. Please help!

Try: Excel Password Recovery Master 3.0

I haven't tried it and I doubt it works, but worth a try.

I can't remember the add-in's name but I downloaded a freebie some years ago (no copy of it on any of my current computers, probably on an archive CD, DVD etc. somewhere), many of those I have seen since are fee payable to do anything useful. Good hunting.

Try this little program. Always works for me

http://www.intelore.com/word-document-password-recovery.php

Hi Guys ...thanks for your suggestions...I still cannot find anything that works...and I do not want to buy a software online as I only need it for one use...please help if anyone as any sites that I can download a free software that works...thanks a million

Hi Guys ...thanks for your suggestions...I still cannot find anything that works...and I do not want to buy a software online as I only need it for one use...please help if anyone as any sites that I can download a free software that works...thanks a million

Standard shortcut for Microsoft Word / Excel documents = alt/shift/F11

Converts the document to script.

Go to the section mentioning password, and remove the password.

Save the document again. If it wants it back as a Password Protected Document - then turn that on - but leave the password blank.

Works for me.

Whenever, I click on the excel doc in my documents, it ask for a password and thereafter nothing can be done. Please help someone! I do not mind emailing the doc to someone who can even help me out...its not very confidential.....just some emails of contacts.

NEED HELP PLEASE>>>ANYBODY OUT THERE?

Been following this topic and would like to help but logically, if it were easy why would MS bother to have the password option in the 1st place?

In saying that I have been going thru some of my old utilities and there is one that may be worth a look at:

Proactive System Password Recovery.

Here is some of the readme.txt

Please also have a look at other password recovery products made by our company:

http://www.elcomsoft.com/prs.html

You will find the password recovery software for archives (ZIP, RAR, ARJ and ACE); Microsoft Office documents (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Outlook Express, Visio, PowerPoint), MS Internet Explorer, MS Project, MS Money, MS Backup, MS Mail, MS Schedule+; Lotus SmartSuite (Organizer, 1-2-3, WordPro, Approach); Sage ACT!; Corel Paradox, WordPerfect and QuattroPro, Intuit Quicken and QuickBooks, instant messengers (ICQ, MSN Messenger, AOL IM etc); email clients (TheBat!, Eudora, Pegasus etc); Adobe Acrobat PDF; Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista user passwords; EFS (Encrypting File System) on Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista NTFS partitions.

Download open office at www.openoffice3.org install and open the document with the spreadsheet program.

When you open the document in the spreadsheet program go to tools/protect document and select sheet or document. The one that has the check mark next to it. Then your document will be ok to use.

This works if you just have some cells protected. If the sheet is password protected for windows then just open the file that was pswd. protected for windows. Linux does not ask for a pswd.

I have just tried both options listed above on my PC and on the open office Linux system.

Both times open office did not have a problem opening the file and entering data.

Hope that helps

Still no use...any suggestions for an online free prg that would do the trick just once! Thanks

Still no use...any suggestions for an online free prg that would do the trick just once! Thanks

I realize in the entire thread you did not mention on what Excel version you need to recover your password?

If you use Excel 2007 then there are some recovery problems.

Try this little program

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-U...-Password.shtml

Ok,

Have looked on the work computer and have found something that might help.

Please send me a PM with email and I can email this to you.

password.xla

Hi Guys ...thanks for your suggestions...I still cannot find anything that works...and I do not want to buy a software online as I only need it for one use...please help if anyone as any sites that I can download a free software that works...thanks a million

Standard shortcut for Microsoft Word / Excel documents = alt/shift/F11

Converts the document to script.

Go to the section mentioning password, and remove the password.

Save the document again. If it wants it back as a Password Protected Document - then turn that on - but leave the password blank.

Works for me.

Does anyone understand this reply??

Hi Guys ...thanks for your suggestions...I still cannot find anything that works...and I do not want to buy a software online as I only need it for one use...please help if anyone as any sites that I can download a free software that works...thanks a million

Standard shortcut for Microsoft Word / Excel documents = alt/shift/F11

Converts the document to script.

Go to the section mentioning password, and remove the password.

Save the document again. If it wants it back as a Password Protected Document - then turn that on - but leave the password blank.

Works for me.

Does anyone understand this reply??

I might understand but if this is what he is saying I could not get it to work as suggested.

I opened a unprotected xls and hit Alt/Shft/F11 at same time. This is a short cut to open the xls in MS Script editor and in the left side task bar I saw something labeled Password Field.

I closed this editor and entered data in a few cells as a test, protected this sheet with a password, saved it and reopened it. If I try to add data it says the sheet is locked enter the password as it should. I then tried to use the shortcut Alt/Shft/F11 but the program sat there and did nothing. I knew the sheet was locked so it would not open in Editor until I keyed in the password again the it would open in Editor.

So if this is what the poster is saying the "shortcut " does not work on a protected file.

Back a week ago I sent the OP a PM and said I have a program to unlock docs but the OP never replied.