Opening PW Protected File, Strange Behavior

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I've created an Excel/VBA application where I keep the code in one .xls/.xla file and the Data in a separate .xls file with no code. I like to keep the Data File Password Protected. I need to open the Data File many times, and without being prompted to manually enter the password each time the Data file is opened.

<font face=Courier New><SPAN style="color:#00007F">Set</SPAN> MasterFile = Workbooks.Open(MasterFilePath, <SPAN style="color:#00007F">False</SPAN>, <SPAN style="color:#00007F">False</SPAN>, , "password", "password")<br></FONT>

It was working just fine until recently, but now I am still prompted to enter the password manually.

Both files were created in Excel 2000 on my Vista Lap Top. The following strike me as odd:
1. It used to work.
2. It works fine on another machine running Excel '03 on an XP machine.
3. This confuses me the most. When I add a msgbox, I am not prompted to enter the password manually?

<font face=Courier New> <SPAN style="color:#00007F">Set</SPAN> MasterFile = Workbooks.Open(MasterFilePath, <SPAN style="color:#00007F">False</SPAN>, <SPAN style="color:#00007F">False</SPAN>, , "password", "password")<br> MsgBox "I just opened a passwordprotected file"</FONT>

Any thoughts?
 

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I'm still struggling with this. I think it may have to do with me opening the same file multiple times within a relatively short time (less than 2 seconds). I've tried putting in an Application.Wait(Now + TimeValue("00:00:01")) statement, but this only seems to work intermittently.
 
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