I have an old Microsoft access .mde file that it's locked and I am trying to open it and modify some things I have the following 2 problems. 1. I can't open it in access 2000 it says that it can not open convert or open an mde file so I have to open it with an old runtime version ( which I don't have the full program) 2. since it's a locked file I can't do any changes to it. Can anyone help me how to convert and how to brake this protection?
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Converting and breaking protected mde files
- Thread starter yoelpa
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As far as I know .... it is not possible to convert a .mde-file back to a .mdb-file 
The idea of a .mde-file is, that the database runs faster, but you cant change something in the database except the data itself ...
So you always have to keep a copy of the original database. But at least it should be possible to import the tables of the .mde file into a new .mdb file.
The idea of a .mde-file is, that the database runs faster, but you cant change something in the database except the data itself ...
So you always have to keep a copy of the original database. But at least it should be possible to import the tables of the .mde file into a new .mdb file.
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