Corrupt excel .XLSX file

Corrupt excel .XLSX file

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Hey guys,
i have a couple of excel .XLSX files that i have been trying to open but i haven't had any luck with then excel says "excel cannot open filename.xlsx because the file format or file extension is not valid. verify that the file has not been corrupted and that the file extension matches the format of the file"

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By Steve Kesby
08th May 2015 10:23

You're in luck

My crystal ball informs me that there will be another new member along this very day with a helpful link to software that will cure your problem. My predictions have been very good just lately.

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By Healthpay
08th May 2015 22:20

Or......
You could just try opening it with Libre Office which is completely free and very good at fixing this sort of thing.

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By JackJoyce
08th Aug 2016 15:43

The following steps might help recover your file:
1. Click the File menu
2. Click Open
3. Locate the file, but do not click the Open button. Instead, click the drop-down arrow next to the Open button.
4. Click "Open and Repair"
5. In the dialog that pops up, choose "Repair". If that does not work, try the "Extract Data".
6. Let us know if this works. If not, we will see what else we can come up with for you.

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By Adrian T
08th Aug 2016 15:58

If you can edit the filename including the extension (which used to be possible on XP) then you can just delete the x at the end. No, really.

No guarantees that more than a simple spreadsheet will work correctly, but it used to work for payroll info sent from 1 particular client when I had an old pooter that didn't do xlsx files.

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By SteveHa
10th Aug 2016 15:27

I second the LibreOffice idea. I use it to the exclusion of Excel simply because I have had so many Excel files sent to me that Excel refuses to open, and LO just shrugs and says "Nae problem".

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