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Forgotten password for Access

Author
8 Sep 2006 2:51 AM
Al
My daughter password protected a file on Access and forgot the password. 
Now, all of Access is password protected and I can not open any databases. 
Is there a way to get rid of this password.  I have tried to uninstall and
reload the program with no cahnge.

Author
8 Sep 2006 7:35 AM
Keith Wilby
"Al" <A*@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5F93F5C6-9F2B-431D-AF48-34DEDAED9BE6@microsoft.com...
> My daughter password protected a file on Access and forgot the password.
> Now, all of Access is password protected and I can not open any databases.
> Is there a way to get rid of this password.  I have tried to uninstall and
> reload the program with no cahnge.

Your daughter may have modified the default security file.  Try this: with
Access closed, search for and rename "system.mdw" on the drive where Office
is installed.  This file is required for Access to start and will re-create
it if it can't find it.  This may not get you into your daughter's protected
file but it should allow you into unprotected and new ones.

Keith.
www.keithwilby.com