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Billy Ray - 31 Aug 2007 14:27 GMT

I have an access 2003 database sitting on a file server. I am on the
only one who has access to this database. When I open it, I tell me
that it is "read only"

I have made a copy in the same directory and this database opens fine.

No changes were made to any of the permissions.

Does anyone have any idea on where I should go from here.

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Pat Hartman (MVP) - 31 Aug 2007 16:55 GMT

Check the DOS file attributes. In an explorer window, right-click on the
file name. make sure it is not locked.
If there is an .ldb file in the directory with the same name as your
database, delete it. It may be corrupted and that may be what is causing
the issue. Make sure that the database is closed before you delete the .ldb
file.

>I have an access 2003 database sitting on a file server. I am on the
> only one who has access to this database. When I open it, I tell me
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> Does anyone have any idea on where I should go from here.

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Billy Ray - 31 Aug 2007 19:16 GMT

On Aug 31, 11:55 am, "Pat Hartman \(MVP\)" <please no em...@aol.com>
wrote:

> Check the DOS file attributes. In an explorer window, right-click on the
> file name. make sure it is not locked.
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>
> > Does anyone have any idea on where I should go from here.

It does not appear to be locked and there is no .ldb file associated
with this database. Also, when I try to delete this copy, I get a
"sharing violation message, the source or file destination may be in
use"

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