Password Protection on Workbooks

[xirokx]

Hi,

I set a password on a file I needed for university and now cannot remember the password.

I have tried all the usual things I would set it to but no luck.

I desperately need to get into the file.

I have tried several different programs found in Google and have failed miserably.

Is this mission impossible?

Please help?

[JE McGimpsey]

Take a look here:

http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel/fileandvbapwords.html

In article <[email protected]>,
xirokx <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I set a password on a file I needed for university and now cannot
> remember the password.
>
> I have tried all the usual things I would set it to but no luck.
>
> I desperately need to get into the file.
>
> I have tried several different programs found in Google and have failed
> miserably.
>
> Is this mission impossible?
>
> Please help?

[xirokx]

Hi

Thanks for the quick response.

Its very interesting reading but I'm still no closer to finding out my password.

Have I missed the obvious?

Please help

P.S. when i open the file the password box appears so cannot "save as" to obtain the info.

[JE McGimpsey]

In article <[email protected]>,
xirokx <[email protected]> wrote:

> Its very interesting reading but I'm still no closer to finding out my
> password.
>
> Have I missed the obvious?

Probably. Did you see

> relatively inexpensive commercial password crackers are available,
> either as stand-alone applications (all for Windows, currently) or as
> a service that you send the workbook to.

AFAIK, there are no robust freeware password crackers. The links I list
on that page can take you to commercial sites that will either break
your password for a fee or allow you to purchase a password cracker.

[xirokx]

Thanks for your help its most appreciated

decryptum is very good it actually showed me part of the file but its expensive for a poor student like me

alternatively the other programs are around $45 as well

is there no way of doing this for free - am i stuffed?


please continue to help

[JE McGimpsey]

AFAIK, you're stuffed. There may be freeware crackers out there (do a
google search), but I generally would trust freeware hackers even less
than I would trust hackers who ask for your credit card number.


In article <[email protected]>,
xirokx <[email protected]> wrote:

> is there no way of doing this for free - am i stuffed?