Protected worksheet preventing code running

Ironman

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Office Version
  1. 365
Platform
  1. Windows
Hi

The below code runs as part of a Workbook Open event

Code:
Sub Fillcell(Color As Long, cValue As String)

    Application.EnableEvents = False
  
    With Selection
      .Font.Name = "Wingdings"
      .Font.Size = 12
      .Font.ColorIndex = 1
      .Value = cValue
      
      If ActiveSheet.Name = "Training Log" Then
        With Selection.Validation
          .Delete
          .Add Type:=xlValidateInputOnly, AlertStyle:=xlValidAlertStop, Operator _
          :=xlBetween
          .IgnoreBlank = True
          .InCellDropdown = False
          .InputTitle = ""
          .ErrorTitle = ""
          .InputMessage = "Double click for lifetime mileage total up to this date"
          .ErrorMessage = ""
          .ShowInput = True
          .ShowError = True
        End With
      End If
    
    End With
  
    With Selection.Interior
      .ColorIndex = Color
      .Pattern = xlSolid
    End With
  
    Application.EnableEvents = True
  
End Sub

However, it is interrupted at the below point by the protected status of the sheet:

Code:
.Add Type:=xlValidateInputOnly, AlertStyle:=xlValidAlertStop, Operator _
          :=xlBetween
I'd be grateful for a couple of lines of code that will allow all the above code to run and resume protection once it has completed.

Many thanks!
 
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Code:
Sub Fillcell(Color As Long, cValue As String)


    Application.EnableEvents = False
  
[COLOR=#0000ff]    Activesheet.unprotect "abc"[/COLOR]


    With Selection
      .Font.Name = "Wingdings"
      .Font.Size = 12
      .Font.ColorIndex = 1
      .Value = cValue
      
      If ActiveSheet.Name = "Training Log" Then
        With Selection.Validation
          .Delete
          .Add Type:=xlValidateInputOnly, AlertStyle:=xlValidAlertStop, Operator _
          :=xlBetween
          .IgnoreBlank = True
          .InCellDropdown = False
          .InputTitle = ""
          .ErrorTitle = ""
          .InputMessage = "Double click for lifetime mileage total up to this date"
          .ErrorMessage = ""
          .ShowInput = True
          .ShowError = True
        End With
      End If
    
    End With
  
    With Selection.Interior
      .ColorIndex = Color
      .Pattern = xlSolid
    End With
  
[COLOR=#0000FF]    Activesheet.protect "abc"

[/COLOR]
    Application.EnableEvents = True
  
End Sub
 
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Hi again Dante!

Thanks ever so much, it works fine.

Best regards :)
 
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