i have file that is named record.mdb and i want to open it using microsoft access but when i try i get message that is could not lock file how can i open it
lena1990 -3 Junior Poster in Training
rch1231 169 Posting Shark
Hello,
My first question is where is the file you are trying to open? By that I mean is it on a CD or something that you cannot write to. When access opens a DB it creates a <dbname>.ldb file in the same directory. In your case the file would be called record.ldb. If there is a record.ldb in the directory with the record.mdb file you could try removing it and let access recreate it.
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