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muntyan oleg
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2 years ago
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I can't open XLS files any more

Good afternoon ! I have a problem with XLS files, they stopped opening. although I work with them daily
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    muntyan oleg
    2 years ago

    Jay  stunned)) you are right, I removed the "/" in the file name and everything opened. thank you very much for your help and advice!

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2 years ago

Hi muntyan oleg, could you try changing the : symbols to a - symbol instead, as Excel might not support those symbols in file names?

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muntyan oleg
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

Jay  stunned)) you are right, I removed the "/" in the file name and everything opened. thank you very much for your help and advice!

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