"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
    2013-01-29T17:14:25+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.

     

     

     

    Alas ! It helped me a lot... frustrated for the past few days... :)

    Gomatheeswaran

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-02-09T23:04:53+00:00

    You saved my day! its 3 a.m. here and I was struggling to open my very important work document. GOD BLESS YOU!

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-02-12T19:42:43+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.

     

     

     

    This worked for me also...thanks for the info.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-02-18T05:36:36+00:00

    It worked, thank you Ruchi

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