{"id":1797,"date":"2020-07-29T06:23:48","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T10:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.filerepairtools.com\/tips\/?p=1797"},"modified":"2020-07-29T06:23:48","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T10:23:48","slug":"fix-error-excel-found-unreadable-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filerepairtools.com\/tips\/fix-error-excel-found-unreadable-content\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix Excel Found Unreadable Content in Filename.xlsx Error"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Financial Institutions, Database Administrators, Small business-men, and many other professionals used MS-Excel to store information. The Excel sheet can be used to save products name in an inventory, employee tables in the database, or individual contacts. MS-Excel gives an organized format to save such kind of information. However, it must be maintained properly and users must be ready to fix errors in case of emergency. Excel found unreadable content in filename.XLSX is such a kind of error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When high computations, formulas are applied to data in Excel and it is not executed, there are chances of Excel found unreadable content in filename.XLSX\u2019 error. When the user tries to open the excel file, it shows the error \u201cExcel found unreadable content in &#8216;[filename].xlsx&#8217;. Do you want to recover the contents of this workbook? If you trust the source of this workbook, click Yes.&#8221; So, we should know the method to fix this error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anrdoezrs.net\/mi65cA6wy-296z-CLQSVOSQVT?target=_blank&amp;mouseover=N\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Causes of Excel File\nError <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Corrupt Excel File<\/li><li>Wrong Calculations and Functions usage<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to Fix Excel Found Unreadable Content<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>One option is to click on Yes button and if there are minor errors in Excel file, then they will be fixed and excel file will open without any problem. However, before going for this method, the user must copy the file to another location as a backup. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Make Excel File \u2018Read-Only\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.filerepairtools.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/fix-ms-excel-error.jpg\" alt=\"excel file read only\" class=\"wp-image-1798\" width=\"455\" height=\"365\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Open MS-Excel in your computer<\/li><li>Now go to File and click on Save As button<\/li><li>Browse the path where the desired excel file is stored and select it<\/li><li>Click on the Tools option in \u2018Save As\u2019 window and select \u2018General Options\u2019<\/li><li>A new box will open, check-mark the \u2018Read-Only recommended\u2019 box and click OK<\/li><li>Now, again Open MS-Excel and copy the contents of corrupt Excel-file to a new file<\/li><li>Save the file and open it, the error will be fixed with all the data present in the excel sheet.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Install Visual Basic\nComponent<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes, installing Visual Basic component of MS Office 2010 fix the error, so install it to fix \u2018Excel found unreadable content in filename.XLSX\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.filerepairtools.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/fix-excel-found-unreadable-content-error.jpg\" alt=\"install visual basic \" class=\"wp-image-1799\" width=\"470\" height=\"383\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Go to Start and then click on the control panel<\/li><li>Go to Programs and Features and click \u2018Programs\u2019<\/li><li>Select Microsoft 2010 and then change or Add or remove programs<\/li><li>Click on the + Sign next to MS Office<\/li><li>Click Visual Basic applications, right click on it <\/li><li>Select \u2018Run from My computer\u2019 and then continue<\/li><li>Restart the computer and open excel file, the error will be removed<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSo, these are some manual and free methods which\nyou can use to fix Excel found unreadable content in filename.XLSX\u2019 error in MS\nExcel. \n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Financial Institutions, Database Administrators, Small business-men, and many other professionals used MS-Excel to store information. The Excel sheet can be used to save products name in an inventory, employee tables in the database, or individual contacts. MS-Excel gives an organized format to save such kind of information. 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