excel 2013 can't open old files

Anonymous
2013-03-04T04:59:35+00:00

I got windows office 2013 and installed it on my windows 7 laptop.  I have old office 2007 excel files that I can't open, and some that will only open when I go through the program and search for them. After loading some files I tried to save them in the new format. But even after that I can't open the file. I tried coping and pasting the info, again with no sucess. what can I do to fix this.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-02-14T07:29:21+00:00

    This worked for me, thank you so much!

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-03-10T00:25:30+00:00

    This tip above worked for me, as well as then opening excel first, and then opening the file.  A bit ridiculous to have to go through all that, but it worked. THANK YOU!

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-06-07T21:21:53+00:00

    I have been getting the same "file is corrupted" message, and none of the information here helped.

    I was looking around and found something that worked without a bunch of weird steps.  

    Right click on the file, and click on properties.

    at the bottom of the General tab.  There is a security notice.

    "This file came from another computer and might be blocked to help protect this computer."

    Click the Unblock button, then click apply.

    File now opens without an error.

    Hope this helps some of you.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-06-24T06:21:07+00:00

    I am also experiencing a problem opening older excel files with Excel 2013.

    I have installed Office 2013 64bit on Windows 7 Pro 64bit.

    Every file from older versions that I open with either Word or Excel gives me an error message "The file is corrupt and cannot be opened".

    It is NOT a problem with default program association. It is also NOT a problem with the file itself.

    The file opens up perfectly with Office 2010 I have on another computer.

    With Word 2013 I found a way to open files by Right Click and use Edit option instead of Open.

    This opens up the files and I can save them in 2013 format.

    Excel does not provide Edit option, hence every time i try to open the file it fails.

    If anyone has any ideas, i will appreciate if you shared them with me.

    Thanks.

    It is NOT a problem with default program association. It is also NOT a problem with the file itself.

    The file opens up perfectly with Office 2010 I have on another computer.

    Of course not.  It is a Windows program or, in other words a manufacturer poduced virus.   Same as with most of MS ****.

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-06-24T06:23:19+00:00

    I have been getting the same "file is corrupted" message, and none of the information here helped.

    I was looking around and found something that worked without a bunch of weird steps.  

    Right click on the file, and click on properties.

    at the bottom of the General tab.  There is a security notice.

    "This file came from another computer and might be blocked to help protect this computer."

    Click the Unblock button, then click apply.

    File now opens without an error.

    Hope this helps some of you.

    "This file came from another computer and might be blocked to help protect this computer."

    Not on my copy.   MS is just ****.

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