[AccessD] Password recovery on access db

[Jim Dettman]

Looks like l'm out of date.

It also means its impossible to protect a Accdb any more.

Jim

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 9, 2017, at 7:02 PM, Darryl Collins <darryl at whittleconsulting.com.au> wrote:
> 
> Hi Charlotte,
> 
> I use
> http://www.lostpassword.com/vba.htm
> 
> http://www.lostpassword.com/recovery-options-standard.htm
> 
> it is a paid product, but I have found it has paid for itself many times over the years - especially doing contract work where it is fairly normal for no-one to know the password once the original dev has left.  Saved me many hours of pain.
> 
> If you want to zip up the database and email it to me, I could try and unlock it for you - although the software is on my PC at home so it would have to wait about 8 hours or so.  Otherwise it might be easier to pay for the software.  Probably worth doing a bit of google work on this as there are other software solutions too.
> 
> Cheers
> Darryl.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Charlotte Foust
> Sent: 10 January, 2017 8:28 AM
> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: [AccessD] Password recovery on access db
> 
> I inherited a pesky database that has a password protected VBA project.
> What's the best way to get around that?
> 
> Charlotte Foust
> 916-206-4336
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