import os import win32com.client excel = win32com.client.Dispatch("Excel.Application") excel.DisplayAlerts = False path = os.getcwd() + "\\Excel" #def convert(path): for file in filter(lambda x: x.endswith(".xls"), os.listdir(path)): print(file) fullname = path + "\\" + file excel.Workbooks.Open(fullname) excel.ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs(Filename=fullname + "x", ConflictResolution=True) excel.ActiveWorkbook.Close(True)