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Issue with Excel - "Excel file format is not valid"
Excel file format is not valid. Please help as unable to open Excel.
I think I found the solution.
If you disable the office dropbox add-in the problem doesn't seem to occur anymore. You can still save to dropbox via file explorer making it redundant anyhow.
to do this, open excel, go under file, Choose "Options", and navigate to "add-ins".
From there locate the Dropbox Add-in and right click, select "disable".
Should stop it from being an issue.
Hi there
I am all of a sudden having the same problem, using Excel 2016 pro. I have removed the dropbox add in adn tried saving in different formats. This is a real problem for a company that uses spreadsheet after spreadsheet, any updated fixes welcome. Thanks
Mark
Super User II
Super User III can almost certainly say the issue is not Dropbox, but, the fact that the file structure is too big.
Windows can usually only access files or folders when the total number of characters is less than 250. So, without counting I think thats the issue. You need to make the folder structure smaller (e.g. 'Bromgrove Iraq Ltd' to maybe just Bromgrove and next way to 'Out of Country' etc.)
Windows can usually only access files or folders when the total number of characters is less than 250. So, without counting I think thats the issue. You need to make the folder structure smaller (e.g. 'Bromgrove Iraq Ltd' to maybe just Bromgrove and next way to 'Out of Country' etc.)
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