Hack MS Office Excel Sheet Protection Password

Yes this code does as it says. Following code hacks up the Excel sheet protection password and opens the protected sheet for you. I tried this code on most of the protected Excel sheets and it worked great.

Beware this hack is not for bad use, it is just for some fun. I used it to learn functionality of an Excel Cricket Schedule found on net. Not more than just learning.

So here are the instructions & code:
Open the workbook that has the protected sheet in it. Hit Alt+F11 to view the Visual Basic Editor. Hit Insert-Module and paste following code into the right-hand code window:

'CODE START:

Sub PasswordBreaker()

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 126
ActiveSheet.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)
ActiveWorkbook.Sheets(1).Select
Range("a1").FormulaR1C1 = 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

'CODE END:

Now Close the VB Editor window. Navigate to the worksheet you want to unprotect. Click Tools-Macro-Macros and double-click PasswordBreaker in the list.

When the macro finishes the work the protected sheet will be unprotected and you can fool around with sheet.

But I remind you, this hack routine provides a password to unprotect your worksheet. However, it may not give you the original password that was used and don't use this hack for bad job.

Thanks & Enjoy!