Excel File Corruption After Disabling Macros

Consider a practical scenario, you open an Excel file that contains VBA macros and disable the macros. After this, you modify the VBA code and save it.

VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) macros enable you to extend Microsoft Excel features. Using macros, you can automate the formatting, charting and other often-performed tasks. You can also use them to display custom forms and interact with other applications. But at times, you observe that your Excel spreadsheet is corrupt and you can't open the file. One of the possible reasons could be macro corruption. In such situations, you need to restore data from your recent data backup. However, if data backup is unavailable, not up-to-date or damaged, excel recovery tools can be used to repair and restore the lost data.

Consider a practical scenario, you open an Excel file that contains VBA macros and disable the macros. After this, you modify the VBA code and save it. Next time, when you open the file with macros enabled, the file fails to open. Alternatively, if you try to open the same XLS file with macros disabled, the application hangs and you can't access your file.

Cause

The Excel file is corrupted or damaged. If you make some changes in the VBA code while you have disabled the macros, they get corrupt. When you reopen the spreadsheet and enable the macros, they do not run properly and corrupt the file.

Solution

To resolve the above issue, you need to follow these methods:

• Try opening your damaged XLS file with 'Open and Repair' feature
• Save the file in HTML format. This allows your file to filter out some information
• Save the damaged file in XML spreadsheet format
• If there is a chart that is linked to the damaged spreadsheet, you can use a macro to extract data
• If the problem persists, you need to use your recent data backup to restore the affected files
• If the backup is non-existent, incomplete or invalid, you need to use XLS Repair tools.

Excel recovery software are indigenously built tools that scan and repair damaged Excel files. Such software applications come with interactive interface, advanced repair abilities, read-only design and automated recovery procedures. In addition, you can use these products in any case of file corruption due to software issues.

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