How to unpassword protect sheet

[smittycft99]

I have a user that pw protected an xls. Now she forgot how the pw. Is there a way to remove the pw?

Thank you very much in advance!

[viper]

click on search, type in password for keyword.

or you can go to http:\www.straxx.com

[michelle]

try http://www.elkraft.ntnu.no/~huse/xlpassword.htm

[smittycft99]

Thanks Viper!

[Goose]

Sorry for being dense Viper - but search where?

[ilspensoroso]

This was posted recently. I only works on sheets and not workbooks.
Hope it's of help


Sub sheet_BreakIt()
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Dim i As Integer, j As Integer, k As Integer, l As Integer, m As Integer, n As Integer
Dim i1 As Integer, i2 As Integer, i3 As Integer, i4 As Integer, i5 As Integer, i6 As Integer
On Error Resume Next
For i = 65 To 66
For j = 65 To 66
For k = 65 To 66
For l = 65 To 66
For m = 65 To 66
For i1 = 65 To 66
For i2 = 65 To 66
For i3 = 65 To 66
For i4 = 65 To 66
For i5 = 65 To 66
For i6 = 65 To 66
For n = 32 To 126
ActiveSheet.Unprotect Chr(i) & Chr(j) & Chr(k) & Chr(l) & Chr(m) & Chr(i1) & Chr(i2) & Chr(i3) & Chr(i4) & Chr(i5) & Chr(i6) & Chr(n)
If ActiveSheet.ProtectContents = False Then
Exit Sub
End If
Next n
Next i6
Next i5
Next i4
Next i3
Next i2
Next i1
Next m
Next l
Next k
Next j
Next i
End Sub