Excel 2010: The file is corrupt and cannot be opened. — Is there an error log

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Is there an error log file that can provide details of the following Excel 2010 error?

The file is corrupt and cannot be opened.

Error in Excel 2010

In Excel 2003 some error messages would be displayed in the following format, with the name and the location of the file, with the error details as illustrated below:

Error in Excel 2003

Is similar information logged by Excel 2010?

Best Answer

I would check in event viewer for any issues. If you are using windows 7 you can just type event viewer at the start bar and it will come up.

Post the outcome or issues as a comment.

After Google-ing I discovered the following steps at http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/excslcreate/thread/93af59c1-946c-4f5f-83c1-bd6f58dbd94f. Note that this is for opening files. I currently believe that that is what the issue is.

Try the following steps:

  1. Open Excel 2010.
  2. Click on File > Options.
  3. Select Trust Center > Trust center settings.
  4. Select Protected view.
  5. Uncheck all the options under Protected View > OK.
  6. Restart Excel 2010 and try to open Excel documents.

I researched some more after after I found the previous quote. But all I could find is people trying to open XML pages that they screwed up. Are you doing anything like that, or is this just when you try to open Excel?

Good Luck-

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