​How to Repair the File That Is Corrupted and Cannot Be Opened

1. FonePaw Data Recovery ​ How to Repair the File That Is Corrupted and Cannot Be Opened When a pop-up message is warning you "The file that is corrupted and cannot be opened", you are probably not allowed to open a Word, Excel, or PowerPoint on the computer. The error message can occur when you try to open a Microsoft Office email attachment in Microsoft Outlook. In addition, opening an older version MS file in a new version of Microsoft Office will also result in the file being corrupted. For example, opening a file created in MS Word 2007 or earlier in MS Word 2010, the older file might be not allowed to open. Here are some useful resolutions which help you to fix this error that the file is corrupted and can not open in Word, Excel or PowerPoint. Resolution 1: Restore Component Security Settings If you fail to open an MS document with "The file that is corrupted and cannot be opened" error message, you are able to should restore component security settings to the default state with few steps so as to fix the error. STEP 1. Go to "dcomcnfg" in the "Programs" list. FonePaw Technology Limited 1

2. FonePaw Data Recovery STEP 2. In the left panel, right-click "My Computer" on the list of "Component Services" and choose "Properties". FonePaw Technology Limited 2

3. FonePaw Data Recovery STEP 3. Select "Default Properties" tab. STEP 4. Set "Default Authentication Level" to "Connect" and set "Default Impersonation Level" to "Identify". STEP 5. Click "OK" to save the settings. Resolution 2: Change the "Trust Center" Settings Sometimes, your computer will consider the Microsoft email attachment is unsafe and automatically enable protected view settings to protect your computer. In this case, MS Word, MS Excel or MS PowerPoint files might not be allowed to open. Therefore, to repair corrupted MS documents, unchecking all options under "Protected View" might be helpful. STEP 1. Open the Microsoft Office application. STEP 2. Select "File", and then "Options". Next, choose "Trust Center". FonePaw Technology Limited 3

4. FonePaw Data Recovery STEP 3. Click on the button under "Trust Center Settings" > "Protect View". STEP 4. Disable all options in "Protected View" section. Image name: protected-view-in-trust-center Image alt: Protected View in Trust Center Step 5. Restart MS Office application, and then open your corrupt Word, Excel or PowerPoint document to check if it is accessible again. Resolution 3: Repair Corrupted Word, Excel, PowerPoint Files If you still can't open any MS Office files, you can directly make use of FonePaw Data Recovery to recover the inaccessible Word, Excel or PowerPoint files without any modification on the settings of Microsoft Office application. Supporting Windows 10/8/7, FonePaw Data Recovery allows you to easily repair corrupted Word, Excel, PowerPoint files with just a few simple steps. STEP 1. Launch FonePaw Data Recovery, and then select file types. Since corrupted Microsoft Office email attachment and Word, Excel, PowerPoint files are the targets to recover, you can select "Email" and "Document" as the recovering file types. FonePaw Technology Limited 4

5. FonePaw Data Recovery STEP 2. After selecting the drive where the wanted file is located to, click on "Scan" button to begin to scan the selected drive. STEP 3. If the drive is scanned out, pick out the desired Word, Excel, PowerPoint files. STEP 4. Click on "Recover" button to recover them back to the computer. Sincerely hope now you can get rid of the file is corrupted and cannot be opened error in Microsoft Office documents. FonePaw Technology Limited 5