I'll give your ideas a try... Larry
-----Original Message----- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 10:59 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem I've had trouble on some machines getting Access 2007 to associate itself with older mdb files and in these cases have had to resort to opening the older files from within Access instead of from Explorer. Yes, it makes no sense. Anyway, it seems from your description you don't have this problem. Only two things I can suggest therefore that you may already have tried. First, when you open the file using the old system, try hitting the function key ( F11) to see if it will bring up hidden tables, and possible something from which the export command will work. But even you cannot export directly see if you can open the table and copy the data over directly by hitting ctl-a (select all) ctl-c (copy) and then pasting (ctl-v) into a new access table in a new database. Probably you've tried that but just in case . . . I know how frustrating that kind of problem can be so best of luck to you. JL Larry Sacks wrote: > I can open it on his old system *BUT* not by going directly into MS > Access 2000. If I try to open it, I get the permissions error again. > > Instead I can open it via the shortcut. > > When this d/b delivered, it used the MS Access Runtime 2000 so you > didn't have to have Access installed. > > Oh... and there's no menu listed to export the data either. > > Larry > > -----Original Message----- > From: Computer Guys Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony B > Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 9:07 AM > To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM > Subject: Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem > > Didn't you just say you can open it on his old machine? Then can't you > just export it as a csv? > > > On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Larry Sacks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> I've been through the MS newsgroups, but I'll wade through them again. >> The solutions that sound plausible involve getting the original >> > version > >> of access, although how do I go about finding that? The software was >> installed in 2001..... >> > > >> On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 8:11 PM, Larry Sacks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >>> Nope. The mdb isn't corrupted. I can take the file on his new >>> >> system, >> >>> put it back on his old system and it works. >>> > > > ************************************************************************ > * > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy > ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ > ** > ************************************************************************ > * > > > ************************************************************************ * > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************ * > > ************************************************************************ * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ************************************************************************ * ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
