How to unlock excel vba password
How to unlock Protected Excel VBA Project and Macro codes without password
hello everyone in this video we are
going to see how to unlock VBA project
that means all these modules which gets
stored in the Excel macro workbook that
is what we are going to see now so in
order to do that I am just creating a
blank workbook and I am going to develop
a tab we show basic and just inserting a
module and just typing something some
Mario so some several sub retains like a
move then I as in teeka better than I so
I just let's say divided up friend okay
so I have created a subroutine and the
subroutine is get stored in the module
one and I'm going to save this macro
workbook first in this location
EXO I'm just saving it as macro enable
the work broken and I'm just naming this
as protector save so this gets saved and
now I'm going to lock it up with a
strong password tools will be a project
properties go to a protection tab and
check mark this lock project for viewing
and I'm going to give this strong
password and just copy pasting the
strong password I'll click on OK I'm
saying this sheet let us confirm once
again whether it is properly locked or
not go to the Developer tab yeah
it's prompting a password which means
it's successful it's locked so now we
are going to see how to unlock this
macro enable the workbook but before
that don't cry to use this trick to open
any cooperated macro workbook just use
this frequently if you forget the
password of your own Mac recorder this
just erectus from my end
so before unlocking that just make a
copy of this size sheet I just make a
copy of this sheet protected its file
name is protected a copy I'm changing it
and something else like paste and now
change the format and file format from
Excel SM to zip if you're not able to
see this file format go to organize
folder and search option and go to the
View tab and here are evil you have to
uncheck hide extensions for known file
type if you uncheck that then you can
able to see the file format otherwise it
will show only the file name so now
change the file format from Excel SM to
zip it will prompt you that if you
change the filename extension the file
might become unstable are you sure you
want to change it go ahead with yes so
now you need to
it's changed from Excel SM format to zip
format you have to unzip it to extract
all I just want to extract inside the
folder test so this got extracted
inside this folder here after extracting
the macro workbook you find a three
folder followed by an XML file go to the
Excel folder and here we find we be
project not bin
you have to open these with a hex or
editor you have to install the hex
editor on your machine so just right
click and open with hex editor this will
open you are a bin file in hexadecimal
format you have to search a text called
a DPB and just make sure that you have
enabled this text string that is your
mock respect string and type the word
EPB and click on OK it will find and
show the word DPB here and you have to
change the DPP to DPX or something else
and go to file save and close this one
now come back again so this is where all
your extracted files are saved just
select all and unzip it make sure that
you are also included this dot XML file
go to summon zip RS into just make zip
it and give any name as unlock now we
just selected all these things and make
it as one zip file after that you have
to change the file format from zip to
XLS it will again prompt you that if you
change the filename extension file might
become unstable go ahead with this so
just make sure that you have changed the
format to excel is not to excel sm open
this one it will ask you some
message we want to open the file now
click on s the project contain invalid
key continue loading the project go
ahead with yes now go to the Developer
tab we show basic some unexpected error
will be displayed don't bother about
that error now you cannot able to see
the module what you have to do is go to
tools and Wiebe project properties click
on the protection and uncheck the lock
project for viewing and click on OK
close it and close this one don't forget
to save the changes now go back and open
the same file again it will ask you the
password go to the Developer tab you
show basic and here it's now you can
able to see the code which gets stored
in the module 1 so you have successfully
unlockable macro enabled worksheet and
from here you can copy the code and make
use of this thank you for watching this
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