Cracking Excel VBA Password 64-bit and 32-bit

I’ve built upon Đức Thanh Nguyễn’s fantastic answer to allow this method to work with 64-bit versions of Excel. I’m running Excel 2010 64-Bit on 64-Bit Windows 7.

1. Open the file(s) that contain your locked VBA Projects.
2. Create a new xlsm file and store this code in Module1

   Option Explicit
   
   Private Const PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE = &H40
   
   Private Declare PtrSafe Sub MoveMemory Lib "kernel32" Alias "RtlMoveMemory" _
   (Destination As LongPtr, Source As LongPtr, ByVal Length As LongPtr)
   
   Private Declare PtrSafe Function VirtualProtect Lib "kernel32" (lpAddress As LongPtr, _
   ByVal dwSize As LongPtr, ByVal flNewProtect As LongPtr, lpflOldProtect As LongPtr) As LongPtr
   
   Private Declare PtrSafe Function GetModuleHandleA Lib "kernel32" (ByVal lpModuleName As String) As LongPtr
   
   Private Declare PtrSafe Function GetProcAddress Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hModule As LongPtr, _
   ByVal lpProcName As String) As LongPtr
   
   Private Declare PtrSafe Function DialogBoxParam Lib "user32" Alias "DialogBoxParamA" (ByVal hInstance As LongPtr, _
   ByVal pTemplateName As LongPtr, ByVal hWndParent As LongPtr, _
   ByVal lpDialogFunc As LongPtr, ByVal dwInitParam As LongPtr) As Integer
   
   Dim HookBytes(0 To 5) As Byte
   Dim OriginBytes(0 To 5) As Byte
   Dim pFunc As LongPtr
   Dim Flag As Boolean
   
   Private Function GetPtr(ByVal Value As LongPtr) As LongPtr
       GetPtr = Value
   End Function
   
   Public Sub RecoverBytes()
       If Flag Then MoveMemory ByVal pFunc, ByVal VarPtr(OriginBytes(0)), 6
   End Sub
   
   Public Function Hook() As Boolean
       Dim TmpBytes(0 To 5) As Byte
       Dim p As LongPtr
       Dim OriginProtect As LongPtr
   
       Hook = False
   
       pFunc = GetProcAddress(GetModuleHandleA("user32.dll"), "DialogBoxParamA")
   
   
       If VirtualProtect(ByVal pFunc, 6, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE, OriginProtect) <> 0 Then
   
           MoveMemory ByVal VarPtr(TmpBytes(0)), ByVal pFunc, 6
           If TmpBytes(0) <> &H68 Then
   
               MoveMemory ByVal VarPtr(OriginBytes(0)), ByVal pFunc, 6
   
               p = GetPtr(AddressOf MyDialogBoxParam)
   
               HookBytes(0) = &H68
               MoveMemory ByVal VarPtr(HookBytes(1)), ByVal VarPtr(p), 4
               HookBytes(5) = &HC3
   
               MoveMemory ByVal pFunc, ByVal VarPtr(HookBytes(0)), 6
               Flag = True
               Hook = True
           End If
       End If
   End Function
   
   Private Function MyDialogBoxParam(ByVal hInstance As LongPtr, _
   ByVal pTemplateName As LongPtr, ByVal hWndParent As LongPtr, _
   ByVal lpDialogFunc As LongPtr, ByVal dwInitParam As LongPtr) As Integer
   
       If pTemplateName = 4070 Then
           MyDialogBoxParam = 1
       Else
           RecoverBytes
           MyDialogBoxParam = DialogBoxParam(hInstance, pTemplateName, _
                      hWndParent, lpDialogFunc, dwInitParam)
           Hook
       End If
   End Function

3. Paste this code in Module2 and run it

   Sub unprotected()
       If Hook Then
           MsgBox "VBA Project is unprotected!", vbInformation, "*****"
       End If
   End Sub

DISCLAIMER This worked for me and I have documented it here in the hope it will help someone out.I have not fully tested it. Please be sure to save all open files before proceeding with this option.

For 32-bit excel

1. 1. Open the file(s) that contain your locked VBA Projects.
   2. Create a new xlsm file and store this code in Module1
      

      Option Explicit
      
      Private Const PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE = &H40
      
      Private Declare Sub MoveMemory Lib "kernel32" Alias "RtlMoveMemory" _
       (Destination As Long, Source As Long, ByVal Length As Long)
      
      Private Declare Function VirtualProtect Lib "kernel32" (lpAddress As Long, _
       ByVal dwSize As Long, ByVal flNewProtect As Long, lpflOldProtect As Long) As Long
      
      Private Declare Function GetModuleHandleA Lib "kernel32" (ByVal lpModuleName As String) As Long
      
      Private Declare Function GetProcAddress Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hModule As Long, _
       ByVal lpProcName As String) As Long
      
      Private Declare Function DialogBoxParam Lib "user32" Alias "DialogBoxParamA" (ByVal hInstance As Long, _
       ByVal pTemplateName As Long, ByVal hWndParent As Long, _
       ByVal lpDialogFunc As Long, ByVal dwInitParam As Long) As Integer
      
      Dim HookBytes(0 To 5) As Byte
      Dim OriginBytes(0 To 5) As Byte
      Dim pFunc As Long
      Dim Flag As Boolean
      
      Private Function GetPtr(ByVal Value As Long) As Long
       GetPtr = Value
      End Function
      
      Public Sub RecoverBytes()
       If Flag Then MoveMemory ByVal pFunc, ByVal VarPtr(OriginBytes(0)), 6
      End Sub
      
      Public Function Hook() As Boolean
       Dim TmpBytes(0 To 5) As Byte
       Dim p As Long
       Dim OriginProtect As Long
      
      Hook = False
      
      pFunc = GetProcAddress(GetModuleHandleA("user32.dll"), "DialogBoxParamA")
      
      
       If VirtualProtect(ByVal pFunc, 6, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE, OriginProtect) <> 0 Then
      
      MoveMemory ByVal VarPtr(TmpBytes(0)), ByVal pFunc, 6
       If TmpBytes(0) <> &H68 Then
      
      MoveMemory ByVal VarPtr(OriginBytes(0)), ByVal pFunc, 6
      
      p = GetPtr(AddressOf MyDialogBoxParam)
      
      HookBytes(0) = &H68
       MoveMemory ByVal VarPtr(HookBytes(1)), ByVal VarPtr(p), 4
       HookBytes(5) = &HC3
      
      MoveMemory ByVal pFunc, ByVal VarPtr(HookBytes(0)), 6
       Flag = True
       Hook = True
       End If
       End If
      End Function
      
      Private Function MyDialogBoxParam(ByVal hInstance As Long, _
       ByVal pTemplateName As Long, ByVal hWndParent As Long, _
       ByVal lpDialogFunc As Long, ByVal dwInitParam As Long) As Integer
       If pTemplateName = 4070 Then
       MyDialogBoxParam = 1
       Else
       RecoverBytes
       MyDialogBoxParam = DialogBoxParam(hInstance, pTemplateName, _
       hWndParent, lpDialogFunc, dwInitParam)
       Hook
       End If
      End Function

   3. Paste this code in Module2 and run it

      Sub unprotected()
          If Hook Then
              MsgBox "VBA Project is unprotected!", vbInformation, "*****"
          End If
      End Sub