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Asked: 2026-05-24T10:24:01+00:00

I have a workbook which has a macro that copies some data into a

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I have a workbook which has a macro that copies some data into a second file then tries to protect the resulting worksheet (and workbook) with code along these lines:

OutputWb.Sheets("Sheet1").Protect Password:=pw, DrawingObjects:=True, Contents:=True, Scenarios:=True
OutputWb.Protect Password:=pw, Structure:=True, Windows:=False

The issue is, when I then open up the OutputWb file, I can unprotect both sheet and workbook without it ever asking me for the password.

What am I doing wrong, here? Why isn’t this working?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Ah, of course.

    pw should actually be "pw". It was looking for a variable instead of the string…

    Because I hadn’t set Option Explicit, it wasn’t worrying about the fact that the variable has never been declared or anything like that. :/

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