My Excel Files will not open

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Although I have a number of files stored in Excel format I have been unable
to access any of them since 1st January 2006. The files are still there and
have not been lost but whenever I try to open them I get an error message
simply stating " unable to read file." I have tried the 'repair' option on
my MS Office XP CD and have now also reinstalled MS Office XP in its'
entirety, but the situation remains the same. It seems that others may be
experiencing similar problems so I may not be alone, but has anyone yet been
able to resolve the problem and, if so, can you please tell me how?
 
Hi

There is a likelyhood that upon starting Excel, a number of auto-start Excel
addins are loaded and get in your way. I suspect that this "1st january
2006" problem has to do with one of those addins having expired, assuming
one of those addins are hooked in Excel such that they do something on any
file you try to open.

Further along, it is possible that one of those addins have an expired
certificate (Tools / Macros / Security / Trusted publishers).

Perhaps isolating the problem is to unload addins, using the Tools / Addins
option and unchecking them one by one.
 
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