"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
    2014-11-01T09:05:45+00:00

    Dear Ruchi Bhat.!

    Thank you so much for your help. I was also having the same problem with excel 2010. Now it is resolved.

    With Regards,

    Atul

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-11-21T22:15:14+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.

    Simple, to the point, and effective.  Thanks a mill.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-11-22T13:26:46+00:00

    Ok. Thank you. But you are reply so late i remove file ready. :(

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-02-26T12:08:52+00:00

    A year and a bit later but thank you for this suggestion! :)

    I work on a Servicedesk and one of our users was experiencing this problem with Excel 2010, problem is the exact same file worked for me with our settings both being the same. With that in mind I was reluctant to change any Trust Centre settings but this did the trick.

    Thank you again!

    Kind Regards,

    Marc

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