If you cannot open the Excel file from its location, simply open any Excel file and click the File tab. Then, go to Open > Browse and select the file giving error ...

To do that, select the Data tab, highlight the table, and click From Table/Range in the Get & Transform Data command group of ...

The good news is that Excel has built-in functions that are designed specifically for these situations. But they often get overlooked because they're not part of the standard Excel toolkit most people ...