How to lock/unlock a worksheet/workbook with a defined password using a macro in excel?

I would like to save time opening and closing my file and I would like to run a macro to do so.

Thanks!
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Roy CoxGroup Finance ManagerCommented:
You would need to call the macro from another workbook.

Something like this


Sub OpenWb()
    Dim ws As Worksheet
    Workbooks.Open Filename:="C:\YourWorkBookName.xlsx", Password:="YourPasswprd"
    For Each ws In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
        ws.Unprotect "YourPassworsd"
    Next ws
End Sub

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Roy CoxGroup Finance ManagerCommented:
To re-protect the sheets when closing place this code in the WorkBook close event

Option Explicit

Private Sub Workbook_BeforeClose(Cancel As Boolean)
 Dim ws As Worksheet
        For Each ws In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
        ws.Protect "YourPassworsd"
    Next ws

End Sub

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The workbook will still have it's protection unless you remove it
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