[AccessD] Access 2007 database file won't open

David McAfee davidmcafee at gmail.com
Thu Jan 14 10:56:31 CST 2010


The laccdb is not created on my end when I try opening his database.

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 5:22 AM, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote:
>  >The interesting thing is that I can compact it from Access.
>
> What does this mean?  If you are literally opening the file (even though you don't see it) and then
> compact it and the compact works then the file is in fact opening.
>
> Check whether the lock file is created and stays open.  If so then you have in fact opened the FE
> and you are just not able to see the database window.  If the LDB file is never created then you
> haven't in fact opened the file.  If the LDB is created and immediately closes again, then you have
> in fact opened the file, and then the file is shutting back down again.
>
> Check the database startup properties dialog (Tools / Startup in A2K and previous) to look at the
> check boxes for how the database starts up.  Maybe something there is screwy.
>
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>
>
> Doug Murphy wrote:
>> Thanks Darryl,
>>
>> Doesn't work that way either. The interesting thing is that I can compact it
>> from Access. I can also decompile from the command line . This behavior
>> doesn't make sense to me.
>
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