Access on CD Read Only

[Sanj]

I have an access database that was burned to a CD. I would like to copy it
over to my system or upsize/import to SQL.

The error I keep getting is "Cannot start your application. The workgroup
information file is missing or opened exclusively by another user"

I have admin rights to the database. Is there anyway to copy the database
or suck it into SQL or another Access database

 

[Don]

Have you tried copying the DB from the CD to a hard drive and removing the
read-only attribute? Whenever I burn a DB to CD and copy it back I usually
forget to unset the RO attribute.

HTH.

Don

 

[Sanj]

I am not able to copy it across. I think that the database was locked when
it was copied to the CD, because I keep getting locked by user warning.

I ended up pulling it into SQL Server using the Import Wizard. Curiously I
had to use the driver do Microsoft Access. I thought that I could set the
source as the database itself, but that would not work.

 

[Pete]

Sounds like you may have burned the DB to CD while it was in use. Is that
possible? If it was on the network, it's possible someone else had it open.