# KNIME Can't Read Excel File Suddenly **URL:** \ **Category:** KNIME Analytics Platform\ **Created:** [March 28, 2022, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.knime.com/t/knime-cant-read-excel-file-suddenly/41070 "2022-03-28T12:31:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![mlauber71](https://forum-cdn.knime.com/user_avatar/forum.knime.com/mlauber71/32/73590_2.png) [@mlauber71](https://forum.knime.com/u/mlauber71)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://forum.knime.com/t/knime-cant-read-excel-file-suddenly/41070/7 "2022-03-28T23:18:09Z")
@chrisgranelli with what sort of path are the files read with? Knime protocol or full path? Can you try a relative path? Also could you provide us with a log file set to debug mode? And there is this, can you check if this might be the case with your files > [@Excel-Reader and Excel-Writer reevaluate](https://forum.knime.com/t/excel-reader-and-excel-writer-reevaluate/38380/5): > > I updated my environment to the latest Version 4.5.2 and was suprised with a lot of Errors in processing Excel files. As those workflows and Excel files worked since month without troubles I needed quite some time to find out what happens. I suggest that the Excel reader and writer have been update (at least under the hood) and are now doing a deep analysis of the Excel file. Concequence of this is, that the node is now failing if any named area in the Excel is not correctly assigned (depite of … --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.knime.com/t/knime-cant-read-excel-file-suddenly/41070)._