How to Fix ‘Excel file could not be accessed’ Error?
MS Excel often leads to cause multiple errors, and thus it is now indulged in another one. The users are facing intricacy in accessing to their saved Excel Sheets. If you are also facing similar errors in your computer, then follow through below guided steps.
Edit the Title of Excel File
In case the user wishes to edit the title of the Excel file, then they can pursue the mentioned instructions.
- Go to the File Explorer and select it on the taskbar.
- After that, launch the folder that contains the problematical Excel spreadsheet.
- You should reach the Excel file, and right-click on it then choose the Rename option.
- Then input a properly unique file title that’s shorter and doesn’t contain any brackets or exclamation sign.
- Once rename the file, hit the Return option.
- Now, attempt launching the file in Excel one more time to store it.
Edit the Folder Titles of Excel File
In case the user wants to edit the folder titles of Excel file, then abide by the provided steps.
- Navigate to the File Explorer and launch it on your system.
- After that, reach the folder that contains the Excel file and right-click on it.
- You should click on the Rename option.
- Input a smaller title of the folder and hit the Return button.
Store the Excel File to a USB Drive
In case the user wishes to store the Excel file to a USB drive, then they can pursue the mentioned instructions.
- You should connect the USB drive into the laptop or desktop.
- Thereafter, go to the File Explorer and launch it.
- You have to launch the folder that contains the Excel file the error happens for.
- Navigate to the Excel file and select it.
- Choose the ‘Move to’ option to launch the menu displayed straightly under.
- Select the ‘Choose location’ to launch the screen in the snapshot straightly under.
- You should choose the USB drive to shift the spreadsheet.
- Later, select the Move option.
- Now, go to the USB stick and launch the Excel spreadsheet.
Start Excel in Safe Mode
In case the user wants to start Excel in Safe Mode, then abide by the provided steps.
- Press the Win + R keys at the same time on your system to launch the Run section.
- After that, type the ‘excel/safe’ into it then hit the Enter key.
In case the problem does not arise in Safe Mode, then a third-party add-in is possibly causing the store error. You should continue using Excel in Safe Mode to edit the needed file. To solve the problem outside Safe Mode, however, you will be required to deactivate Excel add-ins manually.
Those are few of the solutions that can solve the file error ‘file could not be accessed.’ Not that the over solutions might also solve related Excel error messages like ‘Filename is not valid and <filename> could not be found.’
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