excel crashes on opening 6mb file which has lots of objects












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I had copy-pasted lot of content from webpages into an excel file in various sheets. When I wanted to save the file, it took a very long time and later i realised that the file size grew to a very large extent and turned out to be a 6mb file.



Now whenever I open the file, excel crashes... Is there any way to remove all objects from an excel file through vba from some other excel file? or suggest how can i solve this issue



Thank you






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    You can view the xml structure of an XLSX by converting it to a ZIP archive. Look for the images in: /xl/media/
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    Nov 12 '18 at 15:18






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    Thank you for your quick reply. /xl/media/ contains only 1 file of 1kb but xlactiveX` folder contains 20,163 files of size 4.47 mb, xldrawings` folder contains 12 files of size 2.85 mb and xlworksheets folder contains 12 files of size 2.50 mb any suggestion?
    – Sabha
    Nov 12 '18 at 15:27






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    Start removing files from xlactiveX? (I assumed the content that bloated the file so much was images). Do I need to add you should work on a copy of the file?
    – cybernetic.nomad
    Nov 12 '18 at 15:35






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    haha.. i was working on copy of the file anyways. I tried your solution, deleted all activex file, converted back to .xlsx and tried opening the file. Initially I got error Excel found unreadable content in x.xlsx. Do you want to recover the contents of this workbook? If you trust the source of this workbook, click Yes. I clicked Yes and atleast I was able to open the file. Deleted all objects and now the file size is 222kb. Thank you so much. God bless !
    – Sabha
    Nov 12 '18 at 15:48










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I had copy-pasted lot of content from webpages into an excel file in various sheets. When I wanted to save the file, it took a very long time and later i realised that the file size grew to a very large extent and turned out to be a 6mb file.



Now whenever I open the file, excel crashes... Is there any way to remove all objects from an excel file through vba from some other excel file? or suggest how can i solve this issue



Thank you






excel excel-vba excel-2010 excel-2007 excel-automation







share|improve this question


















  • 1




    You can view the xml structure of an XLSX by converting it to a ZIP archive. Look for the images in: /xl/media/
    – cybernetic.nomad
    Nov 12 '18 at 15:18






  • 1




    Thank you for your quick reply. /xl/media/ contains only 1 file of 1kb but xlactiveX` folder contains 20,163 files of size 4.47 mb, xldrawings` folder contains 12 files of size 2.85 mb and xlworksheets folder contains 12 files of size 2.50 mb any suggestion?
    – Sabha
    Nov 12 '18 at 15:27






  • 2




    Start removing files from xlactiveX? (I assumed the content that bloated the file so much was images). Do I need to add you should work on a copy of the file?
    – cybernetic.nomad
    Nov 12 '18 at 15:35






  • 1




    haha.. i was working on copy of the file anyways. I tried your solution, deleted all activex file, converted back to .xlsx and tried opening the file. Initially I got error Excel found unreadable content in x.xlsx. Do you want to recover the contents of this workbook? If you trust the source of this workbook, click Yes. I clicked Yes and atleast I was able to open the file. Deleted all objects and now the file size is 222kb. Thank you so much. God bless !
    – Sabha
    Nov 12 '18 at 15:48










  • btw. you can answer the question so that I can accept it!
    – Sabha
    Nov 12 '18 at 15:49














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I had copy-pasted lot of content from webpages into an excel file in various sheets. When I wanted to save the file, it took a very long time and later i realised that the file size grew to a very large extent and turned out to be a 6mb file.



Now whenever I open the file, excel crashes... Is there any way to remove all objects from an excel file through vba from some other excel file? or suggest how can i solve this issue



Thank you






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I had copy-pasted lot of content from webpages into an excel file in various sheets. When I wanted to save the file, it took a very long time and later i realised that the file size grew to a very large extent and turned out to be a 6mb file.



Now whenever I open the file, excel crashes... Is there any way to remove all objects from an excel file through vba from some other excel file? or suggest how can i solve this issue



Thank you






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    You can view the xml structure of an XLSX by converting it to a ZIP archive. Look for the images in: /xl/media/
    – cybernetic.nomad
    Nov 12 '18 at 15:18






  • 1




    Thank you for your quick reply. /xl/media/ contains only 1 file of 1kb but xlactiveX` folder contains 20,163 files of size 4.47 mb, xldrawings` folder contains 12 files of size 2.85 mb and xlworksheets folder contains 12 files of size 2.50 mb any suggestion?
    – Sabha
    Nov 12 '18 at 15:27






  • 2




    Start removing files from xlactiveX? (I assumed the content that bloated the file so much was images). Do I need to add you should work on a copy of the file?
    – cybernetic.nomad
    Nov 12 '18 at 15:35






  • 1




    haha.. i was working on copy of the file anyways. I tried your solution, deleted all activex file, converted back to .xlsx and tried opening the file. Initially I got error Excel found unreadable content in x.xlsx. Do you want to recover the contents of this workbook? If you trust the source of this workbook, click Yes. I clicked Yes and atleast I was able to open the file. Deleted all objects and now the file size is 222kb. Thank you so much. God bless !
    – Sabha
    Nov 12 '18 at 15:48










  • btw. you can answer the question so that I can accept it!
    – Sabha
    Nov 12 '18 at 15:49














  • 1




    You can view the xml structure of an XLSX by converting it to a ZIP archive. Look for the images in: /xl/media/
    – cybernetic.nomad
    Nov 12 '18 at 15:18






  • 1




    Thank you for your quick reply. /xl/media/ contains only 1 file of 1kb but xlactiveX` folder contains 20,163 files of size 4.47 mb, xldrawings` folder contains 12 files of size 2.85 mb and xlworksheets folder contains 12 files of size 2.50 mb any suggestion?
    – Sabha
    Nov 12 '18 at 15:27






  • 2




    Start removing files from xlactiveX? (I assumed the content that bloated the file so much was images). Do I need to add you should work on a copy of the file?
    – cybernetic.nomad
    Nov 12 '18 at 15:35






  • 1




    haha.. i was working on copy of the file anyways. I tried your solution, deleted all activex file, converted back to .xlsx and tried opening the file. Initially I got error Excel found unreadable content in x.xlsx. Do you want to recover the contents of this workbook? If you trust the source of this workbook, click Yes. I clicked Yes and atleast I was able to open the file. Deleted all objects and now the file size is 222kb. Thank you so much. God bless !
    – Sabha
    Nov 12 '18 at 15:48










  • btw. you can answer the question so that I can accept it!
    – Sabha
    Nov 12 '18 at 15:49








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You can view the xml structure of an XLSX by converting it to a ZIP archive. Look for the images in: /xl/media/
– cybernetic.nomad
Nov 12 '18 at 15:18




You can view the xml structure of an XLSX by converting it to a ZIP archive. Look for the images in: /xl/media/
– cybernetic.nomad
Nov 12 '18 at 15:18




1




1




Thank you for your quick reply. /xl/media/ contains only 1 file of 1kb but xlactiveX` folder contains 20,163 files of size 4.47 mb, xldrawings` folder contains 12 files of size 2.85 mb and xlworksheets folder contains 12 files of size 2.50 mb any suggestion?
– Sabha
Nov 12 '18 at 15:27




Thank you for your quick reply. /xl/media/ contains only 1 file of 1kb but xlactiveX` folder contains 20,163 files of size 4.47 mb, xldrawings` folder contains 12 files of size 2.85 mb and xlworksheets folder contains 12 files of size 2.50 mb any suggestion?
– Sabha
Nov 12 '18 at 15:27




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Start removing files from xlactiveX? (I assumed the content that bloated the file so much was images). Do I need to add you should work on a copy of the file?
– cybernetic.nomad
Nov 12 '18 at 15:35




Start removing files from xlactiveX? (I assumed the content that bloated the file so much was images). Do I need to add you should work on a copy of the file?
– cybernetic.nomad
Nov 12 '18 at 15:35




1




1




haha.. i was working on copy of the file anyways. I tried your solution, deleted all activex file, converted back to .xlsx and tried opening the file. Initially I got error Excel found unreadable content in x.xlsx. Do you want to recover the contents of this workbook? If you trust the source of this workbook, click Yes. I clicked Yes and atleast I was able to open the file. Deleted all objects and now the file size is 222kb. Thank you so much. God bless !
– Sabha
Nov 12 '18 at 15:48




haha.. i was working on copy of the file anyways. I tried your solution, deleted all activex file, converted back to .xlsx and tried opening the file. Initially I got error Excel found unreadable content in x.xlsx. Do you want to recover the contents of this workbook? If you trust the source of this workbook, click Yes. I clicked Yes and atleast I was able to open the file. Deleted all objects and now the file size is 222kb. Thank you so much. God bless !
– Sabha
Nov 12 '18 at 15:48












btw. you can answer the question so that I can accept it!
– Sabha
Nov 12 '18 at 15:49




btw. you can answer the question so that I can accept it!
– Sabha
Nov 12 '18 at 15:49












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You can view the xml structure of an XLSX by converting it to a ZIP archive.



Look for the images in: /xl/media/



As mentioned in your comment, ActiveX content is in xlactiveX






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    You can view the xml structure of an XLSX by converting it to a ZIP archive.



    Look for the images in: /xl/media/



    As mentioned in your comment, ActiveX content is in xlactiveX






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      You can view the xml structure of an XLSX by converting it to a ZIP archive.



      Look for the images in: /xl/media/



      As mentioned in your comment, ActiveX content is in xlactiveX






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        You can view the xml structure of an XLSX by converting it to a ZIP archive.



        Look for the images in: /xl/media/



        As mentioned in your comment, ActiveX content is in xlactiveX






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        You can view the xml structure of an XLSX by converting it to a ZIP archive.



        Look for the images in: /xl/media/



        As mentioned in your comment, ActiveX content is in xlactiveX







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