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To: Chip McVickar who wrote (35645)	8/12/2003 11:21:13 AM
From: rrufff	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110652

I had a similar problem with a file and documented what I did to "bring it back." Not sure if this will help you but here goes. 1)First try to open in Excel safe mode via START RUN Excel.exe /s This did not work for me. 2)NEXT – copy the corrupted file and paste it on to the Desktop. See if file opens. It did not. 3) Open 2 new FILES Call them File 1 and File 2. Tile them vertically. A1 = type "Fred" on file 1 A1 on file 2 = a1 from file 1(for file 2.) File 1 is saved as a file on the desktop File2 can be saved anywhere. Close both files. Open file 2 again. Go to A1. This should give the complete pathway to (c:\windows\desktop) with the file name in brackets [File1.xls]. Now substitute the corrupted file name for the File 1. The file is on the desktop from the second thing done above. So all you need to do is change the file name. Now A1 shows the A1 of the corrupted file. Take out $ signs to be able to copy in autofill. Autofill to get each row and column. The formatting and the formulae are not brought over, just values. As the values are linked to the corrupted sheet, copy and then paste special to give values without any links to the corrupted sheet. Or you can enter data for each cell by cell. Have to reconstruct the formulae and the formatting. You might be able to get the formulas by opening the file, then doing Save As and selecting some other "Save as type" (like WK4, DIF, or WQ1). Then close Excel. Start Excel up again, and open the file you saved in another type. If it looks good, use Save As again to save as an Excel Workbook.