how do u make an excel file appear to be corrupt?

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how do u make an excel file appear to be corrupt? so if someone asks me why I didn't finish my wrk, I can say that the file I wrked on has become corrupt.

change it's extention.

Hi,

How about trying something interesting ?

If you have used an hex editor you can see that .xls file starts with 0xD0
i.e. D & numberic zero change it to FF save & exit.

Try opening it & it will cry.

To get the things back we'll wait for your answer on this forum

Janki
PS: My personal favourite hex editor is HIEW

yeah thats wicked trick

Btw janki2008 wats up with ur name ?

lol

[OFFTOPIC]^^ she must be a girl... ya i know brother, its hard to believe it in ALL MEN'S LAND.. [/OFFTOPIC]

if you are using office 2007, then you may change its extension into xlsx to xls, it will 100% work as per your requirement.

Or download some freeware encryption software and encrypt it. It will not be recognized by Excel. Then decrypt it again when you need to work

I recommend *www.xtort.net/xtort-software/omziff/
a 350 kb software, no installation, you can even copy it to a portable drive

janki2008 said:
Hi,

How about trying something interesting ?

If you have used an hex editor you can see that .xls file starts with 0xD0
i.e. D & numberic zero change it to FF save & exit.

Try opening it & it will cry.

To get the things back we'll wait for your answer on this forum

Janki
PS: My personal favourite hex editor is HIEW

Thanx! Gr8 Tip, it worked! Fooled everyone. By the way r u man, woman or something else :lol:

? Pls clarify as its not just me who wants to know