Not sure if this is the cause, but I'm wondering if Service Pack 3 for
Office 2003 was the trigger for this problem, given the timing of when it
occurred.
Go to Help | About, and see if it says SP3 after Access 2003. SP3 did block
lots of file types:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938810
There is also a hotfix for sorting out some of the problems introduced by
SP3:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945674
If that doesn't fix it, see if the software still works on a machine with an
earlier SP.

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> We have an Access 2003 process to upload state ids from a txt file into
> the
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> As someone with minimal Access experience, I have no idea what else to
> check.
vc - 28 Jan 2008 15:30 GMT
Thanks...this wasn't the case (still SP2), but it sure helps to rule out the
possibility.
> Not sure if this is the cause, but I'm wondering if Service Pack 3 for
> Office 2003 was the trigger for this problem, given the timing of when it
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> > As someone with minimal Access experience, I have no idea what else to
> > check.