Yes, there are ways to override (break) passwords. But, per Forum Rules #3, you shouldn't seek them here. ----------------------- 3) Don't post questions regarding breaking or bypassing any security measure. ----------------------- xx The fact is: myself and many others that participate in these types of forums have created careers our of supplying solutions to clients and employers.
This becomes our "intellectual property" and is often password protected to ensure others do not steal and take credit for our efforts. ( I failed to protect one of my applications once and actually had someone that copied it and received a $5,000 BONUS for "his work" in saving the company money. He then had the NERVE to ask me to modify the code to fit some new criteria) The members of this forum have no way to know for certain that you actually have authorization to "break" this password. If you need to do this, I'd suggest Google. Searching for "Excel password recovery free" results in 2,280,000 hits. Surely one of them can help you! Paul ----------------------------------------- “Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can.” - John Wesley ----------------------------------------- From: Robert Lynch <robertlync...@earthlink.net> >To: excel-macros@googlegroups.com >Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2014 9:34 AM >Subject: $$Excel-Macros$$ Password protected work sheet > > > >We have a form we use at work to report client income/expenses which we would >like to modify, We have been able to make some modifications, but other >changes prompt a message indicating that the sheet is protected. When we try >to unprotect the sheet, we are prompted for a password. Unfortunately, the >password is unknown and the creator is no longer available. >This is a very elaborate form and we would very much like to avoid having to >recreate it - for the few changes we want to make' >Is there a way to override or bypass the password? > > >Help would be much appreciated. -- >Are you =EXP(E:RT) or =NOT(EXP(E:RT)) in Excel? And do you wanna be? It’s >=TIME(2,DO:IT,N:OW) ! Join official Facebook page of this forum @ >https://www.facebook.com/discussexcel > >FORUM RULES > >1) Use concise, accurate thread titles. Poor thread titles, like Please Help, >Urgent, Need Help, Formula Problem, Code Problem, and Need Advice will not get >quick attention or may not be answered. >2) Don't post a question in the thread of another member. >3) Don't post questions regarding breaking or bypassing any security measure. >4) Acknowledge the responses you receive, good or bad. >5) Jobs posting is not allowed. >6) Sharing copyrighted material and their links is not allowed. > >NOTE : Don't ever post confidential data in a workbook. Forum owners and >members are not responsible for any loss. >--- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MS >EXCEL AND VBA MACROS" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >email to excel-macros+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com. >Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/excel-macros. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- Are you =EXP(E:RT) or =NOT(EXP(E:RT)) in Excel? And do you wanna be? It’s =TIME(2,DO:IT,N:OW) ! Join official Facebook page of this forum @ https://www.facebook.com/discussexcel FORUM RULES 1) Use concise, accurate thread titles. Poor thread titles, like Please Help, Urgent, Need Help, Formula Problem, Code Problem, and Need Advice will not get quick attention or may not be answered. 2) Don't post a question in the thread of another member. 3) Don't post questions regarding breaking or bypassing any security measure. 4) Acknowledge the responses you receive, good or bad. 5) Jobs posting is not allowed. 6) Sharing copyrighted material and their links is not allowed. NOTE : Don't ever post confidential data in a workbook. Forum owners and members are not responsible for any loss. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MS EXCEL AND VBA MACROS" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to excel-macros+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/excel-macros. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
