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For testing purposes, I have protected an Excel sheet with password, but AOPR shows something like “1b1b1b1b1b1b1”. Is it a bug?

April 26, 2017aopr bug Excel password protected purposes Sheet shows Testing

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For testing purposes, I have protected an Excel sheet with password, but AOPR shows something like “1b1b1b1b1b1b1”. Is it a bug?

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MS Excel uses a very weak password encryption algorithm, and therefore there are a lot of passwords that are “identical” from Excel’s point of view. accepts. So password shown by AOPR is just one of them — just try it.