Corrupted Access .accdb file: "Unrecognized Database Format"

ms-access ms-access-2010
Scotch picture Scotch · Dec 14, 2012 · Viewed 129.4k times · Source

I'm having a problem. One of my databases on our shared network will not open for any user. It says "Unrecognized Database Format."

I've had this problem before but was still able to open the database, compact and repair, or import all of the database objects into a new database.

The problem here is -- I can't even get it to the point of opening. Is there a solution here without the use of third party software to repair the database?

Answer

twoleggedhorse picture twoleggedhorse · Dec 14, 2012

Open access, go to the database tools tab, select compact and repair database. You can choose the database from there.

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