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Showing posts with label Excel Macros. Show all posts

12 April 2008

Code to break Workbook and Worksheet Protection

Just paste the following code in Macro Editor and Play. And there you goo.... you are through the password :D





Sub InternalPasswords()
' Breaks workbook and worksheet password protection.
' Works for either workbook or worksheet passwords or both
' if the passwords are the same.
' If passwords are different then
' systematically "comment out" the nested if functions
Dim i As Integer, j As Integer, k As Integer
Dim l As Integer, m As Integer, n As Integer
Dim i1 As Integer, i2 As Integer, i3 As Integer
Dim i4 As Integer, i5 As Integer, i6 As Integer
On Error Resume Next
For i = 65 To 66: For j = 65 To 66: For k = 65 To 66
For l = 65 To 66: For m = 65 To 66: For i1 = 65 To 66
For i2 = 65 To 66: For i3 = 65 To 66: For i4 = 65 To 66
For i5 = 65 To 66: For i6 = 65 To 66: For n = 32 To 126
ActiveWorkbook.Unprotect Chr(i) & Chr(j) & Chr(k) & _
Chr(l) & Chr(m) & Chr(i1) & Chr(i2) & Chr(i3) _
& Chr(i4) & Chr(i5) & Chr(i6) & Chr(n)
ActiveSheet.Unprotect Chr(i) & Chr(j) & Chr(k) & _
Chr(l) & Chr(m) & Chr(i1) & Chr(i2) & Chr(i3) _
& Chr(i4) & Chr(i5) & Chr(i6) & Chr(n)
If ActiveWorkbook.ProtectStructure = False Then
If ActiveWorkbook.ProtectWindows = False Then
If ActiveSheet.ProtectContents = False Then
Range("A1").Value = "One usable password is "
Range("B1").Value = Chr(i) & Chr(j) _
& Chr(k) & Chr(l) & Chr(m) & Chr(i1) & Chr(i2) _
& Chr(i3) & Chr(i4) & Chr(i5) & Chr(i6) & Chr(n)
Exit Sub
End If
End If
End If
Next: Next: Next: Next: Next: Next
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End Sub

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