XL5: "'FILENAME.XLS' is Reserved By XL 95 Users" Opening File

 Last reviewed: September 13, 1996
Article ID: Q129992
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel version 5.0, when you open a file that was created in Microsoft Excel version 7.0, you may receive a Password dialog box that contains the following information 

   '<FILENAME.XLS>' is reserved by XL 95 Users. Open Read Only!

   Enter password for write access, or open read only.
where <FILENAME.XLS> is the name of the file that you are opening.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs when you open a file that was saved as a shared file in Microsoft Excel version 7.0. When you turn on the Multi-User Editing feature in a file in Microsoft Excel version 7.0, you are not able to open the file with read-write access in Microsoft Excel version 5.0.

MORE INFORMATION

When you receive the Password dialog box in Microsoft Excel version 5.0 after opening a file that was saved as a shared file in Microsoft Excel version 7.0, if you enter a password, whether the file has a password or not, you receive the error message "Incorrect password."

In Microsoft Excel version 5.0, when you open a file that was created in Microsoft Excel version 7.0 that was not saved as a shared file, the file opens normally; no dialog box appears.

NOTE: Microsoft Excel version 5.0 and Microsoft Excel version 7.0 use the same file format.

KBCategory: kbinterop
KBSubcategory: xlwin

Additional reference words: 5.00 5.00c 7.00



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Last reviewed: September 13, 1996
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