How do you search for broken Excel links on a server? (#REF!)

[Guest]

I am consolidating servers and want to be able to identify any broken links
in Excel by searching for #REF! in the broken formula. Is there a way to
search for this in Excel files without purchasing third party software?

 

[Dave Peterson]

You could write your own code to search through lots of stuff or ...

You may want to get Jan Karel Pieterse's (with Charles Williams and Matthew
Henson) Name Manager:

You can find it at:
NameManager.Zip from http://www.oaltd.co.uk/mvp

There's an option to look for only the links with errors.

 

[Guest]

It appears this will only work for "active" workbooks. I need to be able to
scan hundreds of files located on shared drives. Unfortunately, opening one
at a time is not an option.