MS excel is used for performing various operations like doing calculations, analyze data and integrate different information. Data in MS excel is organized in the look of workbooks that are saved in .xlsx or .xls format. .xls can get damaged due to various reasons like virus attacks, network failures, unexpected system shutdown, application malfunctioning and other network problems. For restoring the lost data you may take the help of your most recent backup. But if you do not have any back up with you, then you have to find some other ways of getting back your lost data.

          

Sometimes it happens that while opening your .xls files you may encounter an error message: “".xls cannot be accessed”. This error message indicates that there is some corruption in your .xls file. There are chances that either you are trying to access a read-only location or the file is read-only. As a result of this problem you may face problems in accessing the file and file contents. You may receive this error message if you are not having enough permission for accessing the file or if the file is located on an unavailable server. Due to this error it becomes difficult to access your .xls files, if you are opening a damaged or corrupt excel file.

If the file that you are trying to access is only a read-only file, then you are required to modify some of the file permissions. You should carefully detect and rectify the server issues. But if the .xls file is corrupt you have to resolve “".xls cannot be accessed” error by trying to open it with ‘Open and Repair’ feature. If you have backup with you, you may take the help of backup. But if you do not have any backup and you are not able to repair the .xls file by any means, then you will have to seek the help of effective third-party excel repair tools. Stellar phoenix excel recovery software is a highly advanced tool that are especially designed to scan the corrupted .xls files and easily restores information from the damaged file. It repair .xls files almost all excel versions such as 2002, 2003, 2000 and 2007.