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8: Remove Protected-View Of Excel

Excel file that gets opened from a potentially unsafe location like the internet, email attachments, downloaded from any third party source, etc. are opened in protected view.

This feature of Excel Protected-View restricts the user to make any modification in their opened Excel spreadsheet.

So, you can turn off the Protected-View security warning messages in Excel to resolve Excel 2016 open and close immediately like problems.

here are the steps to followed to remove Excel file from Protected-View :

  • Open MS Excel
  • Go to the File ->Options
  • Select the Trust Centre ->Trust Centre Settings

  • Click on the Protected View
  • Uncheck all the options

Also, change the below-given settings

  • Under the Trust Centre settings,
  • Click on the ‘File Block Settings’

  • Uncheck all the options and click the OK button.

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