If you receive Microsoft Excel cannot access the file, There are several possible reasons error message you can use the following suggestions to resolve the issue.

While copying data within one Excel file or from one Excel file to another Excel file, some users encountered the The Clipboard cannot be emptied, Another program might be using the Clipboard ...

Windows says your file is in use because it's open in another program? Learn how to force rename, delete, or move the file.

Microsoft Excel will now disable blocked file types from workbook links by default The files will either fail to refresh or show a #BLOCKED error ...