Ignorereadonlyrecommended Not Working From Python When Opening Excel Workbook

I have an excel workbook I need to open from python in a writable mode. The workbook is set up to have the prompt for a read only recommendation and this cannot be removed. I am us

Solution 1:

Use instead:

xl = win32com.client.DispatchEx('Excel.Application')

This works without a dialog box for me.