XL: "Cannot Open Protected File" Error Message When You Open Password Protected WK3 or WK4 File (214108)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Excel 2000
- Microsoft Excel 2002
- Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q214108 For a Microsoft Excel for Macintosh version of this article, see 323162.
ERROR MESSAGE
When you try to open a Lotus 1-2-3 WK3 or WK4 file that is password
protected, you receive the following error message:
Cannot open protected file.
NOTE: Microsoft Office 2000 has built-in functionality that allows you to get more information about difficult-to-troubleshoot alerts or error messages. If you want to enable this functionality for this and other error messages in Microsoft Office 2000, please download the Microsoft Office 2000 Customizable Alerts file from the Microsoft Office Update Web site at the following address:
NOTE: If you reached this article by clicking the Web Info button in an error message, you already have Customizable Alerts enabled.
CAUSE
Microsoft Excel cannot import password protected Lotus 1-2-3 files saved in
the WK3 or WK4 file format.
THINGS TO TRY
Microsoft Excel can import Lotus 1-2-3 files that are not password
protected or that are saved in the WKS or WK1 file format. To open the file
in Excel, reopen it in Lotus 1-2-3 and do either of the following: - Resave it without the password.
-or-
- Resave it as a WKS or WK1 file. Note that if you save the file in
this format, Excel prompts you for the password when you try
to open the worksheet.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 12/2/2005 |
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