Hi All, Here, I am working with .xls files. Which always opens in the protected view. [excel protected] Now, I am trying to read the above mentioned file types using Excel application scope. You can see the error below after run. [uipath forum 1] Is their any solution to read the files withou…

Not able to read the .xls files which are in Protected view

Bill_Richardson (Bill Richardson) April 6, 2021, 7:38pm 15

I am running into this issue as well. Interestingly, the automations with Excel Application Scope work fine for me on machines that have Excel 365, but they fail on Excel 2016. Trust Center is setup correctly with the right types of files allowed.

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Not able to read the .xls files which are in Protected view

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