Question posted by JuneRM on January 11th, 2018

Excel Unable To Read File

I have a problem with MS Excelthe program shows an error: "Excel unable to read file" , what to do?

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Answer #1: Posted by anis0012 on January 11th, 2018 9:55 AM
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Check XLSTART folder, make sure if there is a hidden folder under XLSTART folder named Book1.

BTW, there are 2 XLSTART folders in your computer.

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\XLSTART
C:\Users\win7\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART

Then clean up the StartUp folder contain HIDDEN FILES. The path of START UP folder:

C:\Users\win7\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

And you can also recreate the xlb file at the same time. you can rename the xlb file as Excel14.xlb.old and when you open the excel file it will recreate this xlb file automatically.
This xlb file under:
C:\Users\win7\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel

I fix this issue by clean up the STARTUP folder. :)

Hope it can also work for you.

Answer #2: Posted by umarahmad125 on September 30th, 2020 2:35 PM
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Disable the anti-virus software. Excel's inbuilt 'Open and Repair' feature. Change the file type.

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