Certainly you can drop a clean copy of system.mdw, however in a properly
secured database, you wouldn't be able to then open it.
Anyway, if you have played with security and messed up the default
system.mdw workgroup, yes you can copy a clean one from another machine.
It depends on your operating system, so you could put it where it exists
now.
However, if you are totally locked out of a database that has been secured,
you won't be able to now get in.
You may have more than one mdw on your machine. That's the first step in
securing a database - create a new workgroup. You should never be modifying
the standard system.mdw. You may find the following article helpful
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305542&Product=acc
and also study the security FAQ
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=207793
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Joan Wild
Microsoft Access MVP
joe said:
A recent access class instructor described if a person had trouble with
security or forgotten security passwords...it could be overwritten with a
"clean copy" of the mdw file but i have forgotten if he stated if any
version of access would work or to drop this copy on a system folder or
which folder was he was talking about.I just read a post that was more or
less on that same subject.....is it possible and what would be the correct
steps to perform this in the event of a total lockout? thanks
