"The file is corrupt and cannot be opened" error on office 2010 Excel while opening .xls files

Anonymous
2010-08-07T08:54:12+00:00

I recently upgraded my office to 2010 from 2007 after that i am unable to open any .xls files created by previous version

no issue with the files because i can open it in 2003 sp3 and 2007 sp2 versions

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Anonymous
2010-08-08T06:28:33+00:00

Try the following steps:

  1. Open Excel 2010.

2. Click on File > Options.

  1. Select Trust Center > Trust center settings.
  2. Select Protected view.
  3. Uncheck all the options under Protected View > OK.
  4. Restart Excel 2010 and try to open Excel documents.

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-11-19T13:19:59+00:00

    Thanks Ruchi.  Your advice solved a vexing problem very quickly.

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-11-24T09:32:30+00:00

    Thanks Bro...

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-11-26T08:40:30+00:00

    Thank you so much

    It worked for me!

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-11-28T22:57:25+00:00

    Hi MS,

    Thanks for your inputs.

    The steps works fine for me. Now I was able to open all MS-Office files which I received as an attachment.

    Keep it up.

    Thanks & best regards,

    suresh nm

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