A Microsoft Office (Excel, Word) forum. OfficeFrustration

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Go Back   Home » OfficeFrustration forum » Microsoft Excel » Worksheet Functions
Site Map Home Register Authors List Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read  

forget excel password



 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old January 17th, 2004, 03:00 AM
Grey
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default forget excel password

I have set a file password on the excel file. Unfortunately, I have forgotten it. Is there any way to know the password or disable this function

Million Thanks
  #2  
Old January 17th, 2004, 03:14 AM
Norman Harker
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default forget excel password

Hi Grey!


For worksheet passwords see:

http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel/removepwords.html



The following sites advertise ability to recover, amongst other
things, Excel file passwords. These passwords are imposed when saving
Excel files and are not to be confused with *internal* passwords on
sheets and workbook structure.

http://www.intertek.org.uk/
Excel Workbook recovery. Demo version up to 2 characters free. Full
version for $5 advertises ability to recover any password.
Elcomsoft Advanced Office XP Password Recovery
http://www.elcomsoft.com/aoxppr.html
Unregistered (trial) version can be used during 30 days after
installation (although it doesn't expire, actually) and has some
limitations. They have programs for earlier versions. Cost of license
$30. Reported to take a long time but worked in finding a 12 character
lower case password. Like most brute force approaches the fastest CPU
speed computer available should be used.
Lostpassword.Com
http://www.lostpassword.com/excel.htm
All versions of MS Excel are supported (including Excel 2002) $45.
Download demo version covers 2 character passwords and works but not
much use. The
licensed version covers passwords up to 9 characters. They do have a
4-7 day guaranteed decryption service for a fee! Reported to work
quickly with Excel 2000.
AccentSoft Excel password recovery
http://www.denglad.com/en/excel.shtml
Free trial version for up to 4 characters. Covers Excel 97 - XP.
License $25
Soft4You
http://www.soft4you.com/excel/default.asp
Downloadable free trial up to 3 characters. Covers Excel 4.0 to XP.
Workbook Version License $35 Workbook + VBA License $49. They also
have a guaranteed
password recovery service done on a per document basis.
Discount Password Recovery
http://www.discountpasswordrecovery.com/
Operates on a per document basis. 8+ characters can take 7-15 days and
costs $167.95


Password Find

http://www.password-find.com/

Advertise ability to open Excel files $25-00 per file guaranteed
return within 3 days. Provides links for buying:



1. Ultimate ZIP Cracker V 7.0

$50-00 for the software. No reports back.

2.Guaranteed Excel 97/2000 Decryptor (GuaExcel, 1-client, Windows)

$30-00 for the software. No Reports back.

3. Advanced VBA Password Recovery (pro)

$70 for the software but see above for direct link that¡¦s cheaper.



John Walkenbach reports the following additional ones on his site:

These vendors sell password recovery software.

AccessData

http://www.accessdata.com/

Crak Software

http://www.crak.com/

Erlandsen Data Consulting

http://www.erlandsendata.no/english/downloads/tools.htm

Excel Password Remover (free)

Moved to:

http://www.straxx.com/excel/password.html

Password Crackers Inc.

http://www.pwcrack.com/index.shtml

PWD Service

http://www.pwdservice.com/



If (and when) you have success or failure with any the above, please
post back to the newsgroup as it helps others to see that these things
work or not.


--
Regards
Norman Harker MVP (Excel)
Sydney, Australia

Excel and Word Function Lists (Classifications, Syntax and Arguments)
available free to good homes.
"Grey" wrote in message
...
I have set a file password on the excel file. Unfortunately, I have
forgotten it. Is there any way to know the password or disable this
function

Million Thanks


  #3  
Old January 19th, 2004, 01:57 AM
Ron
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default forget excel password


-----Original Message-----
I have set a file password on the excel file.

Unfortunately, I have forgotten it. Is there any way to
know the password or disable this function

Million Thanks



Try this link:
http://www.j-walk.com/ss/excel/links/pword.htm
  #4  
Old January 20th, 2004, 10:25 AM
gilbert
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default forget excel password

Anybody try to use password.xla to unprotect the worksheet opened using
Excel 2003? I tried to use it but seem not working well....it will
still run but the workbook / worksheet is protected...please help coz
sometime I will use this password.xla to unprotect worksheet just to
learn more...that's it...not unethical act...just for my personal use
only.


---
Message posted from http://www.ExcelForum.com/

  #5  
Old January 20th, 2004, 10:41 AM
Norman Harker
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default forget excel password

Hi Gilbert!

See:
http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel/removepwords.html

JE has a workbook containing code that will do what you want.

Open the workbook. Open the protected workbook.
Tools Macro Macros
Select the macro
Run

Covers Excel 97 through to 2003
--
Regards
Norman Harker MVP (Excel)
Sydney, Australia

Excel and Word Function Lists (Classifications, Syntax and Arguments)
available free to good homes.


  #6  
Old August 26th, 2021, 12:25 PM
psscvr psscvr is offline
Member
 
First recorded activity by OfficeFrustration: Aug 2021
Posts: 1
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Grey View Post
I have set a file password on the excel file. Unfortunately, I have forgotten it. Is there any way to know the password or disable this function

Million Thanks
For modern Excel (xlsx files), use programs with GPU acceleration (plus a positional mask and/or dictionary mutation). For compatible Excel files (.xls files), use guaranteed decryption without a password.
 




Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 09:06 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 OfficeFrustration.
The comments are property of their posters.