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Sometimes Excel users experience with Excel File problems while they try to start Microsoft Excel. Some of the known issues are: Corrupted Excel program shortcut   Conflict with another program Incorrect version  Corrupted add-ins under the Tools menu Registry keys Corruption Other problems when opening Excel files You may experience these startup errors when you try to start Excel by clicking a workbook file, or when you run Excel from the Start menu. To resolve these issues, use following steps:  1. Excel shows errors during startup process: If the excel shows an error message during starting process then you should follow these steps to fix the issue: 1. Open Excel without any Add-ins: You can open Excel without Add-ins by using Automation switch from the XLSTART folder: Click Start, Run, "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Excel.exe" /Automation If the error still occurs then it may be due to add-in or a (hidden) workbook that is lo...

Have you ever suffered with this error while accessing the excel file: "Excel cannot open the file '(filename)'.xlsx' because the file format or file extension is not valid. Verify that the file has not been corrupted and that the file extension matches the format of the file." I have faced this error yesterday while I was working on Excel. ( I found it interesting topic so I am writing a blog post:).. My Live Scenario: I have several excel files stored on my system. I used these files from the same computer daily. Yesterday, when I tried to open several files in Excel 2007 then I found   following error on my computer screen: "Excel cannot open the file '(filename)'.xlsx' because the file format or file extension is not valid. Verify that the file has not been corrupted and that the file extension matches the format of the file." After full research on the error, I come to know about the causes & solutions of the ...