If you work with sensitive data in Excel, you’ve probably needed to compress and secure multiple files into a single ZIP archive—complete with a password. While Excel VBA doesn’t have a native ZipFile object with password support, you can still achieve this using external tools or clever workarounds.
' Check if 7-Zip exists If Dir(sevenZipExe) = "" Then MsgBox "7-Zip not found. Install from https://www.7-zip.org" Exit Sub End If excel vba zip file with password
' --- Run command (hidden) --- Dim wsh As Object Set wsh = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") wsh.Run Cmd, 0, True ' 0 = hidden, True = wait until finished If you work with sensitive data in Excel,
Dim wsh As Object Set wsh = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") wsh.Run cmd, 0, True True ' 0 = hidden