Excel WorkSheet Password

I again forgot my password for a excel worksheet and then begin mission to crack it :). Fortunately I cam across this code which will give you a alternate password. There is more detail discussion about how it works on the site, I am copying the code here for my reference so in future if I need it again I won’t have to search again.

Sub PasswordBreaker() ‘by Bob McCormick on NG: microsoft.public.excel.misc ‘on 22 May 2001. ‘Breaks worksheet password protection. 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 126ActiveSheet.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 ActiveSheet.ProtectContents = False Then MsgBox “One usable password is ” & 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 Next Next Next Next Next Next Next Next Next Next Next Next End Sub