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Using Office 2003 on Windows XP Pro

Trying to open a .xls file and I receive this message:

quot;This file is not in a recognizable formatquot;. The file is in a shared
directory with other excel files that open just fine. I tried to rename the
file with .txt just to see anything and the file was blank, however, the
file is 82K.

Any help would be appreciated.
Tim

I have also tried running Excel in Safe Mode and performing a Detect and
Repair from the Help menu. neither worked.

quot;ntwiz2quot; wrote:

gt; Using Office 2003 on Windows XP Pro
gt;
gt; Trying to open a .xls file and I receive this message:
gt;
gt; quot;This file is not in a recognizable formatquot;. The file is in a shared
gt; directory with other excel files that open just fine. I tried to rename the
gt; file with .txt just to see anything and the file was blank, however, the
gt; file is 82K.
gt;
gt; Any help would be appreciated.
gt; Tim


quot;ntwiz2quot; gt; wrote in message
news
gt; Using Office 2003 on Windows XP Pro
gt;
gt; Trying to open a .xls file and I receive this message:
gt;
gt; quot;This file is not in a recognizable formatquot;. The file is in a shared
gt; directory with other excel files that open just fine. I tried to rename
gt; the
gt; file with .txt just to see anything and the file was blank, however, the
gt; file is 82K.
gt;
gt; Any help would be appreciated.
gt; Tim

Did you create it originally, or someone else? And, have you pointed your
virus scanner at it, just for the hell of it?
I did not create the file myself. The creator is unable to open as well.
Virus scan did not identify any problems with it.

quot;Doug Kanterquot; wrote:

gt;
gt; quot;ntwiz2quot; gt; wrote in message
gt; news
gt; gt; Using Office 2003 on Windows XP Pro
gt; gt;
gt; gt; Trying to open a .xls file and I receive this message:
gt; gt;
gt; gt; quot;This file is not in a recognizable formatquot;. The file is in a shared
gt; gt; directory with other excel files that open just fine. I tried to rename
gt; gt; the
gt; gt; file with .txt just to see anything and the file was blank, however, the
gt; gt; file is 82K.
gt; gt;
gt; gt; Any help would be appreciated.
gt; gt; Tim
gt;
gt; Did you create it originally, or someone else? And, have you pointed your
gt; virus scanner at it, just for the hell of it?
gt;
gt;
gt;

Well, it is possible for files to become damaged for various reasons. Are
you working in a corporate environment? If yes, do they do nightly backups?

quot;ntwiz2quot; gt; wrote in message
...
gt;I did not create the file myself. The creator is unable to open as well.
gt; Virus scan did not identify any problems with it.
gt;
gt; quot;Doug Kanterquot; wrote:
gt;
gt;gt;
gt;gt; quot;ntwiz2quot; gt; wrote in message
gt;gt; news
gt;gt; gt; Using Office 2003 on Windows XP Pro
gt;gt; gt;
gt;gt; gt; Trying to open a .xls file and I receive this message:
gt;gt; gt;
gt;gt; gt; quot;This file is not in a recognizable formatquot;. The file is in a shared
gt;gt; gt; directory with other excel files that open just fine. I tried to
gt;gt; gt; rename
gt;gt; gt; the
gt;gt; gt; file with .txt just to see anything and the file was blank, however,
gt;gt; gt; the
gt;gt; gt; file is 82K.
gt;gt; gt;
gt;gt; gt; Any help would be appreciated.
gt;gt; gt; Tim
gt;gt;
gt;gt; Did you create it originally, or someone else? And, have you pointed your
gt;gt; virus scanner at it, just for the hell of it?
gt;gt;
gt;gt;
gt;gt;