Excel spreadsheet password cracking using VBA

Question

I tried writing a vba password cracker code similar to the code I used to crack Excel sheet\'s password But I am not sure if I am doing correctly or not - when i tried this code

Answer 1

It looks like you're trying to unlock a workbook with a password to open it?

You absolutely should not be using Sendkeys for that. You should only ever use sendkeys as a last resort.

To avoid conflicts, put your code in another workbook and instead of the sendkeys use:

Workbooks.Open Filename:="C:\passtest.xls", Password:=password

If the workbook is already open and the workbook is protected or a sheet or chart use:

[object].Unprotect password

Wherew [object] is a reference to what you are trying to unprotect.

If you are trying to unlock the vba code, follow the comment by JimmyPena

Here's a reference for someone using similar code to yours for unlocking the active sheet.