Access 2000 Database wont open

[Jeff]

I get the message Microsoft Jet database engine wont open
the file ........It is already opened exlusively by
another user or you need permission to view its data.

It worked yesterday - the backup from last night does the
same thing - I tried copying it and renaming it,
repairing it and it wont let me repair. My backup from
Thursday night works but I need yesterdays info - does
anyone have any idea what I can do - Help!

Thanks

 

[Ken Snell]

May be corrupted.

Try importing the objects into a new database.

Also see Tony Toews' web page for more info:

http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/corruptmdbs.htm

 

[Joan Wild]

Possibly the database was not closed in the normal fashion.

With no one in the database, open the folder where it is and see if there is
a file with the same name but a 'ldb' extension. If you see it, delete the
ldb.

Try opening the database, and running compact and repair.

Try compacting your database using Jetcomp, available at
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=273956

If that fails, try creating a new database and importing objects from the
old.

If that fails, you can try www.pksolutions.com