Microsoft Excel is an important tool that is being used by a lot of business institutions to complete different tasks. There are only a few corporations in this globe which does not use or have never used Excel in their entire work process. So, it seems to be a nightmare when the excel file or spreadsheet won't open on your device. But, one should not get disheartened as this issue can be easily fixed by applying some solutions. But, before trying any other solution, you should install the latest Office updates via office.com/setup.
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Strategies to Fix Excel File won’t open Issue
Strategies to Fix Excel File won’t open Issue
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Repair a corrupted workbook
When Microsoft Excel detects a corrupted workbook upon opening, it automatically starts File Recovery mode and attempts to repair the workbook. If File Recovery mode doesn’t start, try using this manual process to recover your workbook:
Click File > Open.
Click the location and folder that contains the corrupted workbook.
In the Open dialog box, select the corrupted workbook.
Click the arrow next to the Open button, and then click Open and Repair.
To recover as much of the workbook data as possible, pick Repair. If Repair isn’t able to recover your data, pick Extract Data to extract values and formulas from the workbook.
Recover data when the workbook is open in Excel
Revert the workbook to the last saved version If a workbook becomes corrupted while you work but before you save your changes, you can revert your workbook to the last saved version:
Click File > Open.
Double-click the name of the workbook that you have open in Excel.
Click Yes to reopen the workbook. The workbook opens without any changes you made that might have caused the workbook to become corrupted.
Recover data when you can't open the workbook in Excel
Set the calculation option in Excel to manual Try changing the calculation setting from automatic to manual. Because the workbook won't be recalculated, it may open.
Click File > New.
Under New, click Blank workbook.
Click File > Options.
In the Formulas category, under Calculation options, pick Manual, and then click OK.
Click File > Open.
Locate and then double-click the corrupted workbook to open it.
Use external references to link to the corrupted workbook To retrieve only data and not formulas or calculated values from the workbook, try using external references to link to the corrupted workbook.
Click File > Open.
Go to the folder that contains the corrupted workbook.
Right-click the file name of the corrupted workbook, click Copy, and then click Cancel.
Click File > New.
Under New, click Blank workbook.
In cell A1 of the new workbook, type =File Name!A1, where File Name is the name of the corrupted workbook that you copied in step 3, and then press Enter.
If the Update Values dialog box appears, select the corrupted workbook, and then click OK.
If the Select Sheet dialog box appears, select the appropriate sheet, and then click OK.
Select cell A1.
Click Home > Copy, or press Ctrl+C.
Select an area, starting in cell A1 that is approximately the same size as the range of cells that contain data in the corrupted workbook.
Click Home > Paste, or press Ctrl+V.
With the range of cells still selected, click Home > Copy again, or press Ctrl+C.
Click Home > the arrow below Paste, and then under Paste Values, click Values.
Pasting values removes the links to the corrupted workbook and leaves only the data.
I hope you find this helpful.
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