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Open an Excel workbook with password in PowerShell.
When executing the Excel book Open method, just pass the password as an option.
$filepath = "C:\path\to\Excel\file.xlsx"
$password = "abcde"
try {
$excel = New-Object -ComObject Excel.Application
$excel.Visible = $true
$excel.DisplayAlerts = $true
# Open workbook with password
$wb = $excel.Workbooks.Open($filepath, [Type]::Missing, [Type]::Missing, [Type]::Missing, $password)
$sheet = $wb.ActiveSheet
# Some processing
$wb.Save()
$excel.Quit()
} finally {
$sheet, $wb, $excel | ForEach-Object {
if ($_ -ne $null) {
[void][System.Runtime.Interopservices.Marshal]::ReleaseComObject($_)
}
}
}
Pass the password in the fifth argument of the Open
method. Other arguments are omitted by specifying [Type]::Missing
.
Please see here if you want to know the meaning of other arguments.
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